How often drank alcohol last 12 months
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scaalcohol_w5.scfalcdrnk
Question label:
How often drank alcohol last 12 months
Question text:
Thinking now about all kinds of drinks, how often have you had an alcoholic drink of any kind during the last 12 months?
Question universe:
if (GRIDVARIABLES.ModeType = 1 & CASISTART.scac = 1 thru 3) | (GRIDVARIABLES.ModeType = 2) (Mode is face-to-face and has agreed to self-completion OR mode is telephone)
and if SCEVERDRNK = 1 (Ever had an alcoholic drink)
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| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 9148 | 20.4% |
| proxy | -7 | 3858 | 8.6% |
| refusal | -2 | 7 | 0.02% |
| don't know | -1 | 6 | 0.01% |
| almost every day | 1 | 2542 | 5.67% |
| five or six days a week | 2 | 1749 | 3.9% |
| three or four days a week | 3 | 4510 | 10.06% |
| once or twice a week | 4 | 9128 | 20.36% |
| once or twice a month | 5 | 5716 | 12.75% |
| once every couple of months | 6 | 3364 | 7.5% |
| once or twice a year | 7 | 2830 | 6.31% |
| not at all in last 12 months | 8 | 1979 | 4.41% |
| Total | 44837 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.42 | 13019 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 1.82 | 31818 |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 2584 | 4.74% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 6579 | 12.06% |
| proxy | -7 | 3880 | 7.11% |
| don't know | -1 | 217 | 0.4% |
| almost every day | 1 | 3117 | 5.71% |
| five or six days a week | 2 | 2116 | 3.88% |
| three or four days a week | 3 | 5669 | 10.39% |
| once or twice a week | 4 | 11812 | 21.65% |
| once or twice a month | 5 | 6631 | 12.15% |
| once every couple of months | 6 | 3973 | 7.28% |
| once or twice a year | 7 | 3782 | 6.93% |
| not at all in the last 12 months | 8 | 1405 | 2.57% |
| not in last 12 months but scalcl7day is answered | 9 | 2803 | 5.14% |
| Total | 54568 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.64 | 13260 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 2.06 | 41308 |
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