Table 3 Alcohol consumption, smoking habits and body mass index in the homeless population and in the general population in Hungary
From: Health status and health behaviour of the Hungarian homeless people
Homeless population | Lowest income quintile of the general population | General population | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roofless | Houseless | Insecure housing | Inadequate housing | P-value* | Overall | P-value† | P-value‡ | |||
Alcohol consumption (%) | ||||||||||
Abstinent | 30.6 | 53.0 | 43.8 | 26.5 | < 0.001 | 43.0 | 27.2 | < 0.001 | 21.3 | < 0.001 |
Occasional | 25.0 | 19.8 | 18.8 | 28.6 | 22.1 | 35.7 | 41.8 | |||
Moderate | 4.0 | 6.5 | 2.1 | 12.2 | 6.0 | 10.2 | 13.9 | |||
Heavy | 40.4 | 20.7 | 35.5 | 32.7 | 28.9 | 26.9 | 23.1 | |||
Amount of wine per day (%) | ||||||||||
Nothing | 62.1 | 80.2 | 77.1 | 65.3 | 0.007 | 73.3 | 89.0 | < 0.001 | 91.1 | < 0.001 |
0.1–3 dl | 4.0 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 4.2 | |||
3–9 dl | 11.3 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 12.2 | 7.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | |||
More than 10 dl | 22.6 | 9.1 | 12.5 | 20.4 | 14.3 | 1.7 | 0.7 | |||
Amount of beer per day (%) | ||||||||||
Nothing | 59.7 | 77.2 | 79.2 | 67.3 | < 0.001 | 71.5 | 86.4 | < 0.001 | 89.5 | < 0.001 |
0.1–3 dl | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 | |||
3–9 dl | 12.1 | 13.4 | 2.1 | 6.1 | 11.0 | 6.2 | 6.1 | |||
More than 10 dl | 25.8 | 8.6 | 18.8 | 26.5 | 16.3 | 6.2 | 3.1 | |||
Amount of spirits per day (%) | ||||||||||
Nothing | 64.5 | 81.5 | 83.3 | 69.4 | 0.03 | 75.7 | 91.2 | < 0.001 | 94.8 | < 0.001 |
Maximum 3 shots | 23.4 | 13.8 | 10.4 | 18.4 | 16.6 | 7.4 | 4.8 | |||
3–9 shots | 5.6 | 1.3 | 4.2 | 6.1 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | |||
10 shots or more | 6.5 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | |||
Cigarette smoking (%) | ||||||||||
Never | 9.7 | 10.3 | 8.3 | 18.4 | 0.6 | 10.8 | 32.4 | < 0.001 | 41.6 | < 0.001 |
Former | 8.1 | 6.9 | 10.4 | 4.1 | 7.3 | 21.8 | 25.7 | |||
Current | 82.3 | 82.8 | 81.3 | 77.6 | 81.9 | 45.8 | 32.7 | |||
Number of cigarettes (%) | ||||||||||
0–5 cigarettes | 18.6 | 15.5 | 15.4 | 5.3 | 0.002 | 15.3 | 7.8 | 0.002 | 9.2 | 0.001 |
6–10 cigarettes | 19.6 | 21.1 | 12.8 | 50.0 | 22.8 | 20.7 | 23.5 | |||
11–15 cigarettes | 17.6 | 22.2 | 25.6 | 15.8 | 20.6 | 22.0 | 21.7 | |||
16–20 cigarettes | 21.6 | 24.7 | 30.8 | 15.8 | 23.6 | 32.6 | 31.2 | |||
> 20 cigarettes | 22.5 | 16.5 | 15.4 | 13.2 | 17.7 | 16.9 | 14.3 | |||
Body mass index (%) | ||||||||||
Abnormally thin | 2.6 | 4.4 | 6.4 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 4.1 | 1.8 | < 0.001 | 0.8 | < 0.001 |
Normal | 65.2 | 56.8 | 59.6 | 69.6 | 60.9 | 36.3 | 31.1 | |||
Overweight | 22.6 | 22.8 | 21.3 | 15.2 | 21.7 | 35.5 | 41.0 | |||
Obese | 9.5 | 16.1 | 12.7 | 10.8 | 13.3 | 26.5 | 27.1 | |||