Table 2.
n | Emotions associated with drinking any type of alcohol† | |||||||||
Positive emotions | Negative emotions | |||||||||
Energised | Relaxed | Sexy | Confident | Tired | Aggressive | Ill | Restless | Tearful | ||
AUDIT | ||||||||||
Lower risk (0–7) | 10 577 | 61.11 | 83.32 | 51.74 | 65.78 | 85.07 | 20.28 | 62.33 | 29.25 | 26.78 |
Increasing risk (8-15) | 14 205 | 79.25 | 90.55 | 65.91 | 80.76 | 87.83 | 38.24 | 72.22 | 39.63 | 39.87 |
Higher risk (16-19) | 2895 | 86.60 | 93.16 | 73.92 | 87.63 | 89.50 | 52.71 | 79.24 | 48.70 | 50.78 |
Dependence (20+) | 2159 | 90.13 | 93.61 | 73.83 | 89.95 | 88.42 | 63.08 | 80.64 | 55.16 | 59.70 |
χ2 | 1659.410 | 452.744 | 868.464 | 1244.958 | 63.389 | 2218.420 | 563.548 | 770.746 | 1220.481 | |
p | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | |
Sex | ||||||||||
Male | 19 934 | 73.01 | 88.06 | 57.17 | 75.88 | 85.45 | 36.97 | 67.45 | 36.98 | 32.27 |
Female | 9902 | 76.96 | 89.28 | 72.43 | 78.61 | 90.29 | 31.27 | 75.16 | 39.92 | 48.71 |
χ2 | 54.179 | 9.635 | 655.165 | 27.760 | 137.980 | 94.407 | 187.240 | 24.269 | 761.188 | |
p | *** | ** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | |
Age (years) | ||||||||||
18–24 | 16 333 | 79.30 | 89.19 | 67.03 | 81.36 | 86.97 | 35.39 | 72.32 | 40.06 | 40.38 |
25–29 | 8744 | 70.53 | 87.98 | 59.00 | 73.28 | 87.64 | 35.16 | 68.57 | 36.76 | 35.94 |
30–34 | 4759 | 64.22 | 86.85 | 51.73 | 67.49 | 86.28 | 33.83 | 64.70 | 32.95 | 31.88 |
χ2 | 532.72 | 22.585 | 422.007 | 482.601 | 5.278 | 3.993 | 114.045 | 86.724 | 130.036 | |
p | *** | *** | *** | *** | NS | NS | *** | *** | *** | |
Attended high school | ||||||||||
Yes | 29 365 | 74.17 | 88.42 | 62.13 | 76.64 | 87.05 | 34.95 | 69.85 | 37.91 | 37.61 |
No | 471 | 84.08 | 91.08 | 68.79 | 85.99 | 87.26 | 43.10 | 79.62 | 41.19 | 45.01 |
χ2 | 23.855 | 3.224 | 8.743 | 22.742 | 0.0180 | 13.5330 | 21.0560 | 2.1220 | 10.8190 | |
p | *** | NS | ** | *** | NS | *** | *** | NS | *** |
*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.
†Emotions from drinking respondents reported regardless of the type of alcohol they associate it with. Includes emotions associated with drinking spirits, white wine, red wine and beer.
AUDIT, alcohol use disorders identification test; NS, not significant.