Table 3 Sociodemographic characteristics of questionnaire respondents and drinkers
Questionnaire respondents | Drinkers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Reference (n = 32 309) | Physicians (n = 1 947) | Reference (n = 29 168; 90.3%) | Physicians (n = 1 759; 90.3%) | |
Gender (n (%)) | ||||
Male | 15 238 (47.2) | 662 (34.0) | 14 121 (48.4) | 607 (34.5) |
Female | 17 071 (52.8) | 1 285 (66.0) | 15 047 (51.6) | 1 152 (65.5) |
Age in years (mean (SD)) | 41.9 (10.7) | 42.1 (10.2) | 41.9 (10.8) | 42.2 (10.2) |
25—34 (n (%)) | 9 865 (30.5) | 559 (28.7) | 8 877 (30.4) | 505 (28.7) |
35—44 (n (%)) | 9 924 (30.7) | 631 (32.4) | 8 874 (30.4) | 559 (31.8) |
45—54 (n (%)) | 7 593 (23.5) | 479 (24.6) | 6 884 (23.6) | 441 (25.1) |
55—65 (n (%)) | 4 927 (15.2) | 278 (14.3) | 4 533 (15.5) | 254 (14.4) |
Country of birth (n (%)) | ||||
The Netherlands | 29 381 (90.9) | 1 785 (91.7) | 26 892 (92.2) | 1 629 (92.6) |
European | 834 (2.6) | 37 (1.9) | 729 (2.5) | 31 (1.8) |
Non-European | 2 094 (6.5) | 125 (6.4) | 1 547 (5.3) | 99 (5.6) |
Specialty group (n (%)) | ||||
General practice | NA | 466 (23.9) | NA | 412 (23.4) |
(Psycho) social | 271 (13.9) | 248 (14.1) | ||
Contemplative somatic | 415 (21.3) | 379 (21.5) | ||
Surgical or supportive | 503 (25.8) | 265 (15.1) | ||
No specialty | 292 (15.0) | 455 (25.9) | ||
Educational background (n (%)) | ||||
Teaching | 2 852 (8.8) | NA | 2 506 (8.6) | NA |
Humanities and arts | 3 221 (10.0) | 2 845 (9.8) | ||
Social sciences, business and law | 13 878 (43.0) | 12 637 (43.3) | ||
Science, mathematics and computing | 2 774 (8.6) | 2 459 (8.4) | ||
Engineering, manufacturing and construction | 3 134 (9.7) | 2 916 (10.0) | ||
Agriculture and veterinary | 741 (2.3) | 673 (2.3) | ||
Health and welfare (including medicine) | 4 548 (14.1) | 4 090 (14.0) | ||
Services | 567 (1.8) | 514 (1.8) | ||
Working hours per week (n (%)) | ||||
None or less than 1 | 3 089 (9.6) | 78 (4.0) | 2 607 (8.9) | 67 (3.8) |
1 to 12 | 522 (1.6) | 16 (0.8) | 445 (1.5) | 14 (0.8) |
12 to 31 | 5 332 (16.5) | 299 (15.4) | 4 733 (16.2) | 267 (15.2) |
32 or more | 21 856 (67.6) | 1 462 (75.1) | 20 459 (70.1) | 1 347 (76.6) |
Household income (n (%)) | ||||
1st quintile (lowest income) | 2 102 (6.5) | 69 (3.5) | 1 781 (6.1) | 60 (3.4) |
2nd quintile | 1 663 (5.1) | 30 (1.5) | 1 380 (4.7) | 20 (1.1) |
3rd quintile | 3 493 (10.8) | 89 (4.6) | 3 105 (10.6) | 78 (4.4) |
4th quintile | 6 875 (21.3) | 272 (14.0) | 6 172 (21.2) | 243 (13.8) |
5th quintile (highest income) | 17 812 (55.1) | 1 477 (75.9) | 16 433 (56.3) | 1 350 (76.7) |