Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

Men in sales and services and skilled manual occupations are least likely to make 10 or more tripsthat involve sleeping away from home, while those in professional/technical/managerial jobs are mostlikely to do so; 21 percent of men in professional/technical/managerial occupations made at least 10 suchtrips in the last 12 months compared with 5 percent of those working in sales and services and skilledmanual occupations. Men 20-49 years old are more likely to make 10 or more trips that involve sleepingaway from home compared with those under age 20 or age 50 and over.13.7.2 Alcohol ConsumptionAlcohol consumption can lead to drunkenness and sometimes uncontrolled sexual behaviour.During the survey, respondents were asked whether they had consumed alcohol and/or been drunk.Tables 13.12.1 and 13.12.2 show that 77 percent of women have never consumed a beverage containingalcohol, compared with 24 percent of men. Nine percent of women reported consuming alcohol inthe month prior to the survey, while 14 percent have consumed alcohol at some time but not in the pastmonth. Among women, alcohol consumption increases with age.Table 13.12.1 Alcohol consumption: womenPercent distribution of women by whether they have ever consumed a beverage containingalcohol, and of those, percent distribution by whether they have ever been drunk, accordingto current age, Zambia 2001-2002–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Age––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Alcohol consumption 15-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 Total–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Consumption of alcoholConsumed alcohol in past month 5.3 8.0 10.4 17.0 9.2Consumed alcohol at sometime, but not in past month 9.1 12.8 17.2 19.6 13.9Never consumed alcohol 85.5 78.9 71.6 63.2 76.6Missing 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.2 0.4Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Number of women 1,811 3,040 1,738 1,069 7,658Whether been drunkBeen drunk in past month 11.5 14.1 11.2 22.9 14.9Been drunk at some time,but not in past month 23.2 26.3 34.7 29.3 28.8Never been drunk 64.4 59.5 53.9 47.6 56.1Missing 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0Number of womenwho ever drank alcohol 259 633 480 391 1,763Data further show that 15 percent of women who had ever drunk alcohol had been drunk in thepast month, 29 percent have been drunk but not in the past month, while 56 percent have never beendrunk.Table 13.12.2 shows that 45 percent of men consumed alcohol in the past 3 months, while 31 percenthave consumed alcohol but not in the past 3 months. The table also shows that of men reporting havingever consumed alcohol, 57 percent got drunk in the past 3 months, 27 percent got drunk but not in thepast 3 months, while 16 percent have never been drunk.AIDS/HIV/STI-Related Knowledge and Behaviour | 211