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Table 3.a Frequency of drinking by number of units of alcohol consumed

Men__________________________

1991 (NCDS cohort)

2004 (BCS70 cohort)

Frequency of drinking alcohol___________

Mean

N_____

Std.

Deviation

Mean

N_____

Std.

Deviation

1 Most days__________________________

37.9

989

28.1

32.0

1025

25.6

2 1,2,or 3 times/week__________________

17.5

2997

16.2

15.5

2536

15.0

3 1,2,or 3 times/month *________________

5.7

843

9.5

5.8

479

10.4

Table 3.b Frequency of drinking by number of units of alcohol consumed

Women_____________________

1991 (NCDS cohort)

2004 (BCS70 cohort)

Frequency of drinking alcohol___________

Mean

N_____

Std.

Deviation

Mean

N_____

Std.

Deviation

1 Most days__________________________

18.0

411

14.8

16.0

591

12.7

2 1,2,or 3 times/week__________________

7.7

2325

7.5

7.7

2436

7.9

3 1,2,or 3 times/month *________________

2.7

1378

3.6

2.6

700

4.1

* Note that for BCS70 2004 this is ‘2-3 times/month’. Those drinking once a month or
less frequently are excluded.

Type of alcohol drunk

As highlighted above, one of the advantages of the 1958 and 1970 cohort data is that
it includes detailed information about the types of alcohol that cohort members are
consuming. Figure 3 below shows the total number of units of alcohol consumed by
members of the 1958 and 1970 cohorts, broken down by the types of drink recorded.
As we might expect, whereas men’s weekly alcohol consumption consists mainly of
beer, women are more likely to drink wine. Figure 3 also shows that the consumption
of wine is greater for the cohort born in 1970 than for the 1958 cohort and this is
particularly marked for women.

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