Table 4.

Association between institutional trust and harmful alcohol consumption after stratifying on interpersonal trust (Swedish National Public Health Survey 2006).

Institutional trust	Low interpersonal trust	High interpersonal trust
	OR (95 % CI)	OR (95 % CI)
Men	N = 6319	N = 19332
Institutional trust
Very high (high trust in all institutions)	1.00	1.00
Moderately high (lack of trust in 1–2 institutions)	1.29 (0.99–1.70)	1.45 (1.29–1.64)
Moderately low (lack of trust in 3–5 institutions)	1.51 (1.17–1.94)	1.74 (1.56–1.93)
Very low (lack of trust in 6–10 institutions)	1.78 (1.40–2.27)	2.00 (1.79–2.24)
Women	N = 7276	N = 22538
Institutional trust
Very high (high trust in all institutions)	1.00	1.00
Moderately high (lack of trust in 1–2 institutions)	1.39 (1.11–1.74)	1.72 (1.55–1.92)
Moderately low (lack of trust in 3–5 institutions)	1.60 (1.30–1.97)	1.95 (1.76–2.15)
Very low (lack of trust in 6–10 institutions)	1.64 (1.33–2.01)	2.09 (1.88–2.33)

Simultaneously adjusted for age, country of birth, educational level, financial stress and employment status