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The Scottish Health Survey 2008

Aged 16 and over
2008

Alcohol units per week	NS-SEC of household reference person
	Managerial & professional	Intermediate	Small employers & own account workers	Lower supervisory & technical	Semi-routine & routine
	%	%	%	%	%
Men
Observed
% drinking more than 21 units a week	32	28	34	31	28
% drinking more than 50 units a week	5	5	8	8	10
Estimated mean weekly units of alcohol	17.5	17.1	19.9	17.4	18.8
Standard error of mean	0.69	1.52	1.99	1.17	1.28
Standardised
% drinking more than 21 units a week	32	28	34	31	28
% drinking more than 50 units a week	5	6	8	8	10
Estimated mean weekly units of alcohol	17.4	17.1	19.4	18.1	18.9
Standard error of mean	0.70	1.67	2.06	1.26	1.34
Women
Observed
% drinking more than 14 units a week	26	20	18	15	17
% drinking more than 35 units a week	4	4	1	4	4
Estimated mean weekly units of alcohol	10.0	8.4	8.1	7.3	7.8
Standard error of mean	0.47	0.77	1.30	0.80	0.68
Standardised
% drinking more than 14 units a week	26	20	18	15	17
% drinking more than 35 units a week	4	4	2	5	5
Estimated mean weekly units of alcohol	9.8	8.9	8.2	7.8	8.4
Standard error of mean	0.49	0.83	1.39	0.99	0.73
Bases (weighted):
Men	1105	274	265	424	895
Women	1202	376	278	326	1053
Bases (unweighted):
Men	983	230	281	416	844
Women	1223	386	333	375	1169

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