Table 1.
Mean severity of ratings across all 23 countries by whether item referred to harms to children (marked C and shown in black), harms from known people such as friends and family (marked K and shown in dark grey), harms from co-workers (marked W and shown in light grey), and harms from strangers (marked S and no shading).
| Harm item | Mean (SD) rating |
|---|---|
| Mean rating ≥ 8 | |
| Physically hurt2 C | 8.90 (1.09) |
| Being forced or pressured into sex or something sexual K | 8.59 (1.65) |
| Witness to serious violence in the home C | 8.23 (1.66) |
| Being in a traffic accident caused by someone who had been drinking1 S | 8.18 (1.30) |
| A child protection agency or family services agency was called (because of the drinking of someone) C | 8.14 (1.78) |
| Mean rating ≥ 7 < 8 | |
| Being harmed physically2 K | 7.86 (1.93) |
| Being in a traffic accident caused by someone who had been drinking1 K | 7.71 (1.79) |
| Being harmed physically1,2 S | 7.59 (1.74) |
| Having to leave home to stay somewhere else because of someone in the household’s drinking K | 7.41 (1.53) |
| Feeling threatened or afraid at home or in some other private setting1 K | 7.41 (1.59) |
| Being involved in an accident or a close call at work W | 7.32 (1.64) |
| Family problems or marriage difficulties (because of the drinking of someone the victim knows) K | 7.24 (1.26) |
| There was not enough money for the things needed by the child/children (because of the drinking of someone) C | 7.23 (1.57) |
| Mean rating ≥ 6 < 7 | |
| Left in an unsupervised or unsafe situation C | 6.77 (1.54) |
| Financial trouble (because of the drinking of someone the victim knows) K | 6.76 (1.64) |
| Having house, car, or property damaged1 S | 6.64 (1.89) |
| Going without food because of someone in the household’s drinking K | 6.55 (2.18) |
| Yelled at, criticised, or otherwise verbally abused C | 6.50 (2.60) |
| Having house, car, or property damaged1 K | 6.41 (1.65) |
| Caused there to be less money for household expenses (someone the victim knows did this because of drinking) K | 6.41 (1.76) |
| Being emotionally hurt or neglected K | 6.32 (1.76) |
| Took money or valuables that were yours because of their drinking (someone the victim knows did this because of drinking) K | 6.14 (1.70) |
| Mean rating ≥ 5 < 6 | |
| Being made afraid by drinkers on the street1 S | 5.91 (1.88) |
| Being a passenger with a driver who had too much to drink K | 5.86 (2.62) |
| Ability to do the job was negatively affected W | 5.73 (1.52) |
| Not seeing friends or family as much because the victim is embarrassed about someone in the household’s drinking K | 5.73 (1.78) |
| Being harassed or bothered at a party or in some other private setting1 K | 5.73 (1.91) |
| Feeling unsafe in a public place because of a drinker or drinkers S | 5.65 (1.90) |
| Having to work extra hours W | 5.59 (1.68) |
| Being pushed or shoved1 K | 5.59 (1.79) |
| Being harassed or bothered on the street or in some other public place1 S | 5.48 (1.78) |
| Being involved in a serious argument1 K | 5.45 (1.99) |
| Problems with a friend or neighbour (because of the drinking of someone the victim knows) K | 5.43 (1.66) |
| Stopping seeing someone because of their drinking K | 5.36 (2.30) |
| Failed to do something they were being counted on to do (someone the victim knows did this because of drinking) K | 5.27 (1.80) |
| Being annoyed by vomiting, urinating, or littering by a friend, acquaintance, or family member who had been drinking1 K | 5.14 (2.01) |
| Having clothes or other belongings ruined1 K | 5.09 (1.93) |
| Productivity at work was reduced W | 5.00 (1.93) |
| Being involved in a serious argument with a drinker who is a stranger1 S | 5.00 (1.83) |
| Mean rating ≥ 4 < 5 | |
| Did not do their share of work around the house (someone the victim knows did this because of drinking) K | 4.95 (1.84) |
| Being pushed or shoved1 S | 4.91 (1.85) |
| Having a social occasion the victim was at negatively affected K | 4.91 (1.95) |
| Having to “cover” for the drinker W | 4.82 (1.65) |
| Having clothes or other belongings ruined1 S | 4.74 (1.76) |
| Being called names, or otherwise insulted1 K | 4.32 (2.32) |
| Being annoyed by vomiting, urinating, or littering by a drinker who is a stranger 1 S | 4.26 (2.49) |
| Being kept awake at night by drunken noise S | 4.13 (2.16) |
| Mean rating < 4 | |
| Being called names or otherwise insulted1 S | 3.48 (1.81) |
| C
Harms to children from others’ drinking
(Because of the drinking of someone, a child aged 17 or younger was…) Across all harms to children from others’ drinking: Single measures CA-ICC (95% CI) = 0.336 (0.138, 0.768) Single measures AA-ICC (95% CI) = 0.232 (0.085, 0.664) Average CA-ICC (95% CI) = 0.918 (0.779, 0.986) Average AA-ICC (95% CI) = 0.869 (0.672, 0.978) |
7.63* |
| K
Harms from known people’s drinking
(The following happened to the victim because of the drinking of someone the victim knows (e.g., family member, household member, friend, acquaintance) Across all harms from known people’s drinking: Single measures CA-ICC (95% CI) = 0.342 (0.227, 0.515) Single measures AA-ICC (95% CI) = 0.234 (0.139, 0.390) Average CA-ICC (95% CI) = 0.920 (0.866, 0.959) Average AA-ICC (95% CI) = 0.870 (0.780, 0.934) |
6.15* |
| W
Harms from co-workers’ drinking
(The following happened because of the drinking of someone the victim worked with (i.e., co-worker/colleague) or a boss) Across all harms from co-workers’ drinking: Single measures CA-ICC (95% CI) = 0.342 (0.128, 0.823) Single measures AA-ICC (95% CI) = 0.239 (0.080, 0.739) Average CA-ICC (95% CI) = 0.919 (0.763, 0.990) Average AA-ICC (95% CI) = 0.874 (0.658, 0.984) |
5.69* |
| S
Harms from strangers’ drinking
(The following happened to the victim because of the drinking of a stranger or someone that the victim does not know) Across all harms from strangers’ drinking: Single measures CA-ICC (95% CI) = 0.463 (0.285, 0.722) Single measures AA-ICC (95% CI) = 0.363 (0.203, 0.635) Average CA-ICC (95% CI) = 0.950 (0.897, 0.983) Average AA-ICC (95% CI) = 0.926 (0.849, 0.974) |
5.50* |
| Across all harms from others’ drinking:
Single measures CA-ICC (95% CI) = 0.414 (0.320, 0.533) Single measures AA-ICC (95% CI) = 0.325 (0.234, 0.445) Average CA-ICC (95% CI) = 0.940 (0.912, 0.962) Average AA-ICC (95% CI) = 0.914 (0.870, 0.946) |
6.12* |
Note. Items in descending order of mean severity. CA-ICC = consistency of agreement intraclass correlation coefficient via two-way random effects model; AA-ICC = absolute agreement intraclass correlation coefficient via two-way random effects model.
1Items present in list of harms from strangers’ drinking and list of harms from known people’s drinking. 2Items present in list of harms from strangers’ drinking, list of harms from known people’s drinking, and list of harms to children from others’ drinking. *Arithmetic mean harm item severity rating across countries.