Sociodemographic Correlates of Alcohol Abuse in Kassena-Nankana Municipality, Ghana

Table 2

Participants’ responses to the questions of the alcohol AUDIT questionnaire.

	Alcohol AUDIT score					Total
	0	1	2	3	4
How often do you have a drink containing alcohol?	16	91	66	94	130	397
How many standard drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when drinking?	173	100	45	27	36	381
How often do you have six or more drinks on one occasion?	207	36	50	38	50	381
During the past year, how often have you found that you were not able to stop drinking once you had started?	134	25	54	37	131	381
During the past year, how often have you failed to do what was normally expected of you because of drinking?	171	34	64	56	56	381
During the past year, how often have you needed a drink in the morning to get yourself going after a heavy drinking session?	232	19	29	27	74	381
During the past year, how often have you had a feeling of guilt or remorse after drinking?	170	26	66	52	67	381
During the past year, have you been unable to remember what happened the night before because you had been drinking?	208	26	52	45	50	381
Have you or someone else been injured as a result of your drinking?	227	0	69	0	85	381
Has a relative or friend, doctor, or other health worker been concerned about your drinking or suggested you cut down?	118	0	124	0	139	381

The prevalence of alcohol ever use is never use (16) deducted from total respondents (397) divided by 397 multiple 100.