TABLE 3.

Sample characteristics and ayahuasca drinking variables by reported context of use.

	Ayahuasca church %	Traditional %	Other %	Statistical test
All respondents (n)	52.1 (3,553)	19.6 (1,338)	28.3 (1,926)
Sex (n)	(3,523)	(1,328)	(1,918)	χ2 (4, N = 6,769) = 6.2, p = 0.182
Female	50.7	48.5	50.6
Male	49.1	51.1	49.3
Other	0.2	0.5	0.1
Age (n)	(3,512)	(1,1329)	(1,919)
Mean age (SD)	40.0 (12.8)	40.3 (11.6)	38.4 (11.5)	(F (2,5,521) = 97.23, p < 0.001)
University education (n)	(3,525)	(1,332)	(1,924)
Yes	63.2	60.4	61.3	χ2 (2, N = 6,781) = 3.80, p = 0.150
Region of residence (n)	(3,538)	(1,211)	(1,809)	χ2 (10, N = 6,558) = 3.6e + 03, p = 0.000
Brazil	87.0	6.4	19.4
Other Latin America	0.4	11.1	8.5
Europe	4.8	41.5	41.0
North America	6.8	31.9	22.2
Australia and NZ	0.8	8.0	7.9
Asia and middle east	0.2	1.2	1.0
Lifetime mental health diagnosis (n)	(2,882)	(1,093)	(1,549)
Any	29.2	39.0	44.5	χ2 (2, N = 5,524) = 111.3, p < 0.001
Number (SD)	0.5 (0.9)	0.8 (1.2)	0.9 (1.3)	(F (2,5,521) = 97.23, p < 0.001)
Prior anxiety or depression when drinking ayahuasca	(534)	(274)	(459)
Yes	19.5	27.1	31.5	χ2 (2, N = 5,214) = 79.0, p < 0.001
Number of times drunk (n)	(3,281)	(1,331)	(1,913)	χ2 (18, N = 6,525) = 4.3e + 03, p < 0.001
1	2.4	18.6	19.8
2–3	3.2	27.0	30.4
4–5	1.5	20.4	17.8
6–10	2.7	17.9	15.4
11–20	3.3	8.8	8.1
21–50	8.5	5.2	4.9
51–100	9.8	1.7	1.7
101–200	11.7	0.3	0.7
201–500	28.3	0.2	0.5
500–5000	28.5	0.1	0.6
Time since last drank (n)	(3,528)	(1,328)	(1,919)	(F (2,6,772) = 4.6, p = 0.009)
Number of years (SD)	1.2 (4.7)	1.6 (3.1)	1.2 (2.5)
Country of most drinking (n)	(3,529)	(1,255)	(1,837)	χ2 (10,N = 6,621) = 4.4e + 03, p < 0.001
Brazil (n = 3,634)	90.1	6.5	20.4
Other Latin America (n = 1,071)	0.5	51.7	21.9
Europe (n = 1,136)	3.6	27.9	35.9
North America (n = 626)	5.4	11.6	15.9
Australia and NZ (n = 117)	0.3	1.4	4.9
Asia and middle east (n = 37)	0.2	1.0	1.0