Scottish Health Survey: Revised Alcohol Consumption Estimates 2003

Table 1.3 Estimated usual weekly alcohol consumption level (observed and age-standardised), by NS-SEC of household reference person and sex

Alcohol units per week	NS-SEC of household reference person
Aged 16 and over					2003
	Managerial & professional	Intermediate	Small employers & own account workers	Lower supervisory & technical		Semi-routine & routine
	%	%	%	%		%
Men
Observed
% drinking more than 21 units a week	39	40	32	29		30
% drinking more than 50 units a week	9	11	9	9		8
Estimated mean weekly units of alcohol	21.7	21.2	17.5	19.7		20.1
Standard error of mean	0.76	1.66	1.43	1.77		1.33
Standardised
% drinking more than 21 units a week	39	38	32	31		30
% drinking more than 50 units a week	9	10	8	10		8
Estimated mean weekly units of alcohol	21.6	20.0	17.4	20.0		20.4
Standard error of mean	0.76	1.49	1.58	1.75		1.39
Women
Observed
% drinking more than 14 units a week	33	23	26	18		15
% drinking more than 35 units a week	6	6	5	3		3
Estimated mean weekly units of alcohol	12.0	9.7	9.5	7.4		6.6
Standard error of mean	0.46	0.94	0.88	0.56		0.52
Standardised
% drinking more than 14 units a week	32	24	25	18		16
% drinking more than 35 units a week	6	7	5	3		3
Estimated mean weekly units of alcohol	11.6	10.0	9.3	7.4		6.9
Standard error of mean	0.50	0.99	0.87	0.57		0.57
Bases (weighted):
Men	1422	248	351	532		1149
Women	1508	391	339	453		1383
Bases (unweighted):
Men	1330	210	367	517		1067
Women	1582	401	384	490		1480

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