Table 4.

Water insecurity and sociodemographic factors associated with alcohol misuse and COVID-19 stress among participants in Mumbai, India and Bangkok, Thailand (N = 650)

Characteristics	Alcohol misuse symptoms				COVID-19 stress
	Mumbai, India		Bangkok, Thailand		Mumbai, India		Bangkok, Thailand
	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Age	1.04 (0.99, 1.08)	1.04(1.00, 1.08)*	0.96(0.93, 0.98)*	0.96(0.93, 0.99)*	0.1 (−0.02, 0.22)	0.12 (−0.01, 0.24)*	−0.02 (−0.11, 0.08)	−0.03(−0.12, 0.06)
Gender
Cisgender	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Transgender	1.46 (0.81, 2.61)	1.28 (0.68, 2.42)	1.21(0.76,1.92)	1.13 (0.69, 1.84)	0.80 (−0.95, 2.55)	0.23 (−1.57, 2.03)	0.94 (−0.64, 2.52)	0.62 (−0.91, 2.15)
Water insecure
No	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Yes	1.91(1.04, 3.49)*	2.00(1.04, 3.83)*	2.34(1.36, 4.01)**	2.06(1.16, 3.66)*	4.19 (2.36, 6.01)**	3.86 (1.96, 5.76)**	4.46(2.61, 6.31)**	4.03 (2.15, 5.92)**
Educational status
None/primary/elementary	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Secondary/high school	1.30 (0.42, 4.06)	1.34 (0.42, 4.29)	1.03 (0.35, 3.07)	1.25 (0.40, 3.90)	−0.19 (−3.39, 3.0)	−0.27 (−3.35, 2.80)	−2.94 (−6.83, 0.96)	−2.24 (−6.00, 1.53)
College/university	1.16 (0.36, 3.78)	1.24 (0.36, 4.22)	0.41 (0.14, 1.19)	0.55 (0.18, 1.68)	0.12(−3.18, 3.43)	0.17 (−3.08, 3.41)	−3.01(−6.75, 0.72)	−0.96 (−4.61, 2.69)
Job lost
No	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Yes	0.84 (0.47, 1.50)	0.76 (0.41, 1.40)	1.30 (0.84, 2.03)	1.01 (0.63, 1.62)	2.85 (1.13, 4.56)**	2.26 (0.55, 3.97)**	3.16(1.71, 4.62)**	2.94 (1.47, 4.40)**

CI, confidence interval.

^* p < 0.05;

^** p < 0.01.