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The Scottish Health Survey 2008

Aged 16 and over
2008

Alcohol units per week	Equivalised annual household income quintile
	1 ^st (highest)	2 ^nd	3 ^rd	4 ^th	5 ^th (lowest)
	%	%	%	%	%
Men
Observed
% drinking more than 21 units a week	34	35	34	23	24
% drinking more than 50 units a week	8	6	8	5	9
Estimated mean weekly units of alcohol	19.4	18.3	19.8	14.9	18.5
Standard error of mean	0.90	0.93	1.53	1.51	1.95
Standardised
% drinking more than 21 units a week	36	34	33	26	25
% drinking more than 50 units a week	9	6	8	6	10
Estimated mean weekly units of alcohol	19.5	18.4	19.4	17.3	19.7
Standard error of mean	1.02	0.98	1.48	2.10	2.20
Women
Observed
% drinking more than 14 units a week	31	21	20	15	16
% drinking more than 35 units a week	4	3	4	2	7
Estimated mean weekly units of alcohol	11.3	8.2	8.5	6.7	9.2
Standard error of mean	0.60	0.53	0.69	0.52	1.30
Standardised
% drinking more than 14 units a week	29	20	19	18	17
% drinking more than 35 units a week	6	3	3	3	8
Estimated mean weekly units of alcohol	11.2	8.0	8.2	7.6	9.8
Standard error of mean	0.86	0.56	0.63	0.65	1.29
Bases (weighted):
Men	644	547	578	423	425
Women	604	569	592	533	554
Bases (unweighted):
Men	531	524	522	460	396
Women	577	625	622	635	608

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