Table 1.
Harm type | Number of respondents who experienced harm | Percentage of respondents who experienced harm | 95% CI |
Been kept awake due to noise or disruption | 390 | 8.0 | 7.2 to 8.9 |
Felt uncomfortable or anxious at a social occasion (eg, a party) | 331 | 6.8 | 6.0 to 7.6 |
Had a serious argument that did NOT include physical violence | 275 | 5.7 | 5.0 to 6.4 |
Been let down by someone due to them failing to do something that I was counting on them to do because of their drinking | 174 | 3.6 | 3.0 to 4.2 |
Been emotionally hurt or neglected | 170 | 3.5 | 3.0 to 4.1 |
Felt physically threatened | 164 | 3.4 | 2.8 to 4.0 |
Had to stop seeing or being in contact with someone because of their drinking | 120 | 2.5 | 2.0 to 3.0 |
Had to contact the police | 117 | 2.4 | 2.0 to 2.9 |
Had someone break or damage something that mattered to me | 95 | 1.9 | 1.5 to 2.5 |
Been physically hurt due to them assaulting me or acting violently | 92 | 1.9 | 1.5 to 2.4 |
Been put at risk in a car when someone was driving after drinking | 75 | 1.5 | 1.2 to 2.0 |
Felt genuinely concerned that they may cause harm to my children or someone else’s children | 61 | 1.2 | 0.9 to 1.6 |
Had to spend my personal time caring for a person with a long-term health condition or disability that resulted from their current or previous drinking | 57 | 1.2 | 0.9 to 1.5 |
Been physically hurt due to them accidentally injuring me (eg, by falling on me) | 53 | 1.1 | 0.8 to 1.5 |
Had money that would have improved the quality of my life spent on their alcohol-related purchases | 50 | 1.0 | 0.8 to 1.4 |
Drank alcohol myself in order to cope with the problems caused by their drinking | 33 | 0.7 | 0.5 to 1.0 |
Felt forced or pressured into sex or something sexual | 33 | 0.7 | 0.5 to 1.0 |
Had to move out of my usual place of residence and stay somewhere else | 25 | 0.5 | 0.3 to 0.8 |
At least one reported harm | 980 | 20.1 | 18.9 to 21.4 |
At least one aggressive harm | 225 | 4.6 | 4.0 to 5.4 |
Weighted n=4874.