Table 3: Unadjusted bivariate and adjusted multivariate models for a positive result of the CAGE questionnaire among current drinkers
Characteristic	No. of respondents in weighted sample	Weighted %	Unadjusted odds ratio	Adjusted odds ratio
				Model 1	Model 2
Sex
Male	3416	7.0	1.72†	1.72†	0.87
Female	2478	4.2	1.00	1.00	1.00
Age, yr
15–17	285	7.9	1.34	0.67	0.64
18–19	210	7.3	1.23	0.73	0.56
20–24	654	8.9	1.53	1.07	0.83
25–34	1420	5.7	0.95	0.88	0.77
35–44	1334	6.0	1.00	1.00	1.00
45–54	901	5.8	0.96	0.96	1.16
55–64	542	4.0	0.65	0.62	0.87
>= 65	549	1.9	0.30†	0.32*	0.62
Region
Atlantic	484	7.6	2.34†	2.09†	1.71
Quebec	1641	7.1	2.17†	2.90†	2.61†
Ontario	2016	3.4	1.00	1.00	1.00
Prairies	984	7.6	2.34†	2.17†	1.93†
British Columbia	769	5.8	1.75*	1.64	1.39
Language
English	3986	5.7	1.00	1.00	1.00
French	1475	6.6	1.17	0.62	0.64
Other/not stated	432	3.5	0.60	0.70	1.17
Marital status
Married/common-law	3482	4.0	1.00	1.00	1.00
Single/never married	1795	8.6	2.26†	2.09†	1.56*
Widowed	196	2.1	0.51	0.94	0.91
Divorced/separated	421	10.1	2.70†	2.60†	2.07†
Education level
Less than secondary	1244	8.1	1.96†	2.01†	1.43
Secondary	1449	5.4	1.27	1.29	0.95
Some postsecondary	1901	5.8	1.37	1.22	0.99
University degree	1108	4.3	1.00	1.00	1.00
Not stated	191	2.4	0.55	1.00	0.50
Income adequacy
Low	799	8.4	1.52*	1.24	1.12
Middle	2193	5.7	1.00	1.00	1.00
High	932	6.0	1.06	1.16	1.08
Not stated	1970	4.7	0.82	0.91	0.95
Drinking pattern
Light, infrequent	1974	1.5	1.00	NA‡	1.00
Light, frequent	3011	5.3	3.68†		2.78†
Heavy, infrequent	346	7.1	5.02†		2.20*
Heavy, frequent	563	22.7	19.28†		6.36†
No. of occasions with >= 5 drinks at 1 sitting
>= 12	765	19.8	18.74†	NA	8.06†
3–11	1179	7.3	5.98†		4.13†
1–2	1142	4.7	3.74†		3.10†
0	2537	1.3	1.00		1.00
Not stated	270	6.0	4.85†		3.28†
*p < 0.01. †p < 0.001. ‡NA = not applicable.

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