Table 2: Association between selected variables and current alcohol usage among Patients attending mental health clinics.
| Variables | Current alcohol consumption | Chi-square value, P value |
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| Yes | No | |||
| Education Level | Up to year 5 | 39 (35.1%) | 72 (64.9%) | 3.5, P = 0.06 |
| Above Year 5 | 133 (45.4%) | 160 (54.6%) | ||
| Monthly income (Rupees) | Up to 5000 | 85 (38.1%) | 138 (61.9%) | 4.0, p < 0.05 |
| More than 5000 | 87 (48.1%) | 94 (51.9%) | ||
| Ethnicity | Sinhala | 166 (42.9%) | 221 (57.1%) | 0.38 p = 0.53 |
| Others* | 6 (35.3%) | 11 (64.7%) | ||
| Live | with Spouse | 95 (51.6%) | 89 (48.4%) | 11.3, P < 0.001 |
| without spouse | 77 (35%) | 143 (65%) | ||
| Sex | Male | 88 (55%) | 72 (45%) | 16.7 P < 0.001 |
| Female | 84 (34.4%) | 160 (65.6%) | ||
| Current alcohol consumption of Caregivers/family members | Yes | 104 (52.8%) | 93 (47.2%) | 16.49, p < 0.001 |
| No | 68 (32.9%) | 139 (67.1%) | ||
*: Tamils and Muslims.