Table 3.
Proportion of reported frequency of harm in past year due to a heavy drinker in one's life, by type of harm and sex (n = 5375)
| Harm type | Females, % (95% Confidence interval) |
Males, % (95% Confidence interval) |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nevera | Occasionala | Frequenta | Nevera | Occasionala | Frequenta | Everb | |
| Physical | |||||||
| Were you threatened with violence/weapon? | 79.6 (77.8–81.4) | 16.7 (15.0–18.4) | 3.7 (2.9–4.6) | 75.4 (73.9–76.8) | 19.0 (17.7–20.3) | 5.6 (4.9–6.4) | 23.1 (22.0–24.2) |
| Were you physically hurt? | 73.4 (71.4–75.4) | 21.5 (19.7–23.4) | 5.1 (4.1–6.1) | 75.1 (73.6–76.6) | 20.3 (19.0–21.7) | 4.6 (3.9–5.3) | 25.5 (24.3–26.7) |
| Were you put at risk in a car/motorcycle while they were driving? | 90.1 (89.4–92.0) | 7.2 (6.1–8.4) | 2.0 (1.4–2.7) | 83.4 (82.2–84.7) | 13.4 (12.3–14.6) | 3.1 (2.5–3.7) | 13.9 (13.0–14.9) |
| Were you injured in an accident because of any of these people's drinking? | 90.1 (89.5–92.1) | 6.2 (5.1–7.3) | 3.0 (2.2–3.8) | 84.5 (83.2–85.7) | 11.1 (10.1–12.2) | 4.4 (3.7–5.0) | 13.3 (12.4–14.2) |
| Sexual | |||||||
| Were you forced or pressured into sex or something sexual? | 91.3 (90.0–92.6) | 6.9 (5.8–8.1) | 2.8 (1.2–2.4) | 95.3 (0.95–0.96) | 3.4 (2.9–4.1) | 1.2 (0.8–1.6) | 6.1 (5.5–6.7) |
| Psychological | |||||||
| Did you have a serious argument? | 30.0 (27.8–31.9) | 48.7 (46.5–51.0) | 21.4 (19.5–23.2) | 35.9 (34.3–37.5) | 47.3 (45.6–49.0) | 16.8 (15.5–18.0) | 66.2 (64.9–67.5) |
| Were you emotionally hurt or neglected? | 46.1 (43.8–48.4) | 39.4 (37.2–41.6) | 14.5 (12.9–16.1) | 51.9 (50.2–53.6) | 36.2 (34.5–37.8) | 11.9 (10.8–13.0) | 50.2 (48.8–51.5) |
| Financial | |||||||
| You have gone without food because of someone in the household's drinking? | 87.4 (85.9–88.9) | 8.9 (7.6–10.1) | 3.7 (2.9–4.6) | 86.6 (85.4–87.7) | 10.2 (9.2–11.2) | 3.2 (2.6–3.8) | 13.1 (12.2–14.0) |
| There was less money for household expenses because of someone in the household using the money for drinking? | 81.2 (79.4–83.0) | 12.4 (10.9–13.9) | 6.4 (5.3–7.5) | 82.1 (80.8–83.4) | 10.3 (9.3–11.3) | 7.6 (6.7–8.5) | 18.3 (17.2–19.3) |
| They took money or valuables that were yours? | 77.7 (75.8–79.6) | 15.4 (13.8–17.0) | 6.9 (5.7–8.0) | 78.0 (76.6–79.4) | 14.4 (13.2–15.5) | 7.6 (6.7–8.5) | 22.1 (21.0–23.2) |
| They broke or damage something that mattered to you because of their drinking? | 85.1 (83.4–86.7) | 11.2 (9.7–12.6) | 3.8 (2.9–4.7) | 82.8 (81.6–84.1) | 12.7 (11.6–13.8) | 4.5 (3.8–5.2) | 16.4 (15.4–17.4) |
| Social | |||||||
| You had to leave home to stay somewhere else? | 85.4 (83.8–87.0) | 11.0 (9.6–12.4) | 3.6 (2.7–4.4) | 83.3 (82.1–84.6) | 11.2 (10.1–12.2) | 5.5 (4.7–6.3) | 15.9 (15.0–16.9) |
| They failed to do something they were being counted on to do? | 74.2 (72.2–76.2) | 18.9 (17.1–20.7) | 6.9 (5.7–8.0) | 70.2 (68.6–71.7) | 22.1 (20.7–23.5) | 7.7 (6.8–8.6) | 28.4 (27.2–29.6) |
| Someone in the household did not do their share of work around the house? | 76.9 (75.0–78.8) | 16.6 (14.9–18.3) | 6.5 (5.4–7.6) | 74.3 (72.9–75.8) | 19.1 (17.8–20.4) | 6.6 (5.7–7.4) | 24.7 (23.6–25.9) |
| You do not see friends/family as much because you are embarrassed about someone in the household's drinking? | 84.1 (82.5–85.8) | 12.4 (10.9–13.9) | 3.5 (2.6–4.3) | 78.2 (76.8–79.6) | 14.5 (13.4–15.7) | 7.3 (6.4–8.2) | 19.7 (18.6–20.8) |
| Did you stop seeing any of these people? | 83.3 (81.6–85.0) | 11.4 (9.9–12.8) | 5.3 (4.3–6.4) | 76.0 (74.6–77.5) | 16.3 (15.1–17.6) | 7.6 (6.8–8.5) | 21.4 (20.3–22.6) |
| Their drinking spoilt a social occasion you were at? | 78.1 (76.2–80.0) | 16.3 (14.6–17.9) | 5.6 (4.6–6.7) | 71.0 (69.5–72.5) | 19.3 (18.0–20.6) | 9.7 (8.7–10.7) | 26.5 (25.3–27.7) |
aNever is defined as reporting the specific harm zero times in the past year; occasional is defined as 1–4 times in the past year and frequent is defined as five or more times in the past year.
bAmong all respondents, reported the specific harm in the past year.