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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of problem drinkers’ family members ( N = 35)

From: Perceptions of problem-drinker patients’ family members about their own hazardous-drinking behaviours in Chinese general hospitals: a qualitative study

Characteristic

n (%)

mean (SD)

Age (years)

 

44.2 (11.9)

Gender

 Male

20 (57.1)

 

 Female

15 (42.9)

 

Marital status

 Single

7 (20.0)

 

 Married

26 (74.3)

 

 Divorced

2 (5.7)

 

Occupation

 Farmer

2 (5.7)

 

 Plasterer/plumber/electrician

7 (20.0)

 

 Administrative clerk/manager

9 (25.7)

 

 Driver

2 (5.7)

 

 Freelancer (e.g., writer)

2 (5.7)

 

 Service industry

12 (34.3)

 

 Housewife

3 (8.6)

 

 Retired

2 (5.7)

 

Living status

 With partner

6 (17.1)

 

 With child

2 (5.7)

 

 With partner and child

18 (51.4)

 

 With parents

6 (17.1)

 

 With parents, partner and child

1 (2.9)

 

 With parents, sibling, partner and child

1 (2.9)

 

 With mother

1 (2.9)

 

Number of children

 

1.7 (1.3)

Smoked in the past year

 No

21 (60.0)

 

 Yes

114 (40.0)

 

Chewed betel quid in the past year

 No

30 (85.7)

 

 Yes

5 (14.3)

 

Common alcoholic beverages

  

 Beer

14 (40.0)

 

 Sorghum wine

1 (2.9)

 

 Rice wine

1 (2.9)

 

 Whiskey

1 (2.9)

 

 Beer + sorghum wine

4 (11.4)

 

 Beer + whiskey

5 (14.3)

 

 Beer + red wine

3 (8.6)

 

 Sorghum wine + rice wine

2 (5.7)

 

 Red wine + whiskey

1 (2.9)

 

 Beer + whiskey + red wine

1 (2.9)

 

 Beer + sorghum wine + red wine

1 (2.9)

 

 Beer + whiskey + sorghum wine + brandy

1 (2.9)

 

Drinking behaviours in the past month

 Number of drinks/week

 

2.5 (1.9)

 Number of binges

 

1.5 (1.7)

 Number of standard drinks/binge, mean (SD)

 

6.3 (3.7)

Relationship to the hazardous-drinker patient

 Parent

1 (2.9)

 

 Sibling

7 (20.0)

 

 Child

11 (31.4)

 

 Husband/wife

16 (45.7)

 

Living with the patient

 No

11 (31.4)

 

 Yes

24 (68.6)