TABLE 1. Sociodemographic characteristics, anxiety symptoms and quarantine prevalence of the participants of the “Alcohol Use during the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean” survey, 2020 (N = 12 328).
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Total N = 12 328 n (%) or mean±SD |
2019 drinkers n = 9 554 n (%) or mean±SD |
Men b n = 3 563 n (%) or mean±SD |
Women b n = 6 881 n (%) or mean±SD |
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Sex a |
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Men |
3 563 (34.12) |
2 977 (36.00) |
3 563 (100.0) |
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Women |
6 881 (65.88) |
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5 292 (64.00) |
6 881 (100.0) |
Age |
38.14±12.82 |
37.79±12.58 |
38.85±13.05 |
38.13±12.54 |
18 to 29 years |
3 632 (29.46) |
2 857 (29.90) |
980 (27.50) |
1 982 (28.80) |
30 to 39 years |
3 619 (29.36) |
2 919 (30.55) |
1 045 (29.33) |
2 058 (29.91) |
40 to 49 years |
2 550 (20.68) |
1 934 (20.24) |
742 (20.83) |
1 476 (21.45) |
50 to 59 years |
1 643 (13.33) |
1 200 (12.56) |
514 (14.43) |
902 (13.11) |
>60 years |
884 (7.17) |
644 (6.74) |
282 (7.91) |
463 (6.73) |
Income |
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<1 wage |
1 684 (16.14) |
1 113 (13.45) |
522 (14.81) |
1 123 (16.54) |
1 to 4 wages |
3 353 (32.13) |
2 546 (30.77) |
1 098 (31.15) |
2 213 (32.59) |
5 to 10 wages |
2 388 (22.88) |
2 028 (24.51) |
818 (23.21) |
1 556 (22.91) |
11 to 20 wages |
1 554 (14.89) |
1 317 (24.51) |
537 (15.23) |
1 004 (14.78) |
>20 wages |
1 457 (13.96) |
1 270 (15.35) |
550 (15.60) |
895 (13.18) |
Ethnicity |
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White |
4 402 (41.73) |
3 598 (43.07) |
1 354 (38.07) |
3 016 (43.90) |
Black |
443 (4.20) |
318 (3.81) |
140 (3.94) |
299 (4.35) |
Indigenous |
154 (1.46) |
107 (1.28) |
56 (1.57) |
92 (1.34) |
Mixed & others |
5 551 (52.62) |
4 331 (51.84) |
2 007 (56.42) |
3 463 (50.41) |
Anxiety symptoms |
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Feeling nervous, anxious or on edge |
3 471 (28.16) |
2 785 (29.15) |
809 (22.71) |
2 079 (30.21) |
Not being able to stop or control worrying |
2 427 (19.69) |
1 894 (19.82) |
563 (15.80) |
1 462 (21.25) |
Worrying too much about different things |
2 773 (22.49) |
2 202 (23.05) |
648 (18.19) |
1 650 (23.98) |
Trouble relaxing |
3 242 (26.30) |
2 600 (27.21) |
775 (21.75) |
1 957 (28.44) |
Being so restless that it is hard to sit still |
2 182 (17.70) |
1 728 (18.09) |
555 (15.58) |
1 221 (17.74) |
Becoming easily annoyed or irritable |
2 733 (22.17) |
2 205 (23.08) |
623 (17.49) |
1 636 (23.78) |
Feeling afraid as if something awful might happen |
2 508 (20.34) |
1 984 (20.77) |
594 (16.67) |
1 429 (20.77) |
Having trouble falling sleep |
3 280 (26.61) |
2 660 (27.84) |
828 (23.24) |
1 919 (27.89) |
Number of anxiety symptoms |
1.83±2.43 |
1.89±2.43 |
1.51±2.27 |
1.94±2.47 |
No one |
5 819 (47.20) |
4 343 (45.46) |
1 914 (53.72) |
3 103 (45.10) |
One |
1 827 (14.82) |
1 458 (15.26) |
535 (15.02) |
1 019 (14.81) |
Two |
1 115 (9.04) |
904 (9.46) |
280 (7.86) |
651 (9.46) |
Three |
836 (6.78) |
663 (6.94) |
199 (5.59) |
488 (7.09) |
Four |
665 (5.39) |
548 (5.74) |
177 (4.97) |
374 (5.44) |
Five |
573 (4.65) |
456 (4.77) |
118 (3.31) |
348 (5.06) |
Six |
471 (3.82) |
373 (3.90) |
95 (2.67) |
292 (4.24) |
Seven |
476 (3.86) |
379 (3.97) |
125 (3.51) |
268 (3.89) |
Eight |
546 (4.43) |
430 (4.50) |
120 (3.37) |
338 (4.91) |
Quarantine |
10 604 (86.35) |
8 406 (88.29) |
3 026 (85.22) |
6 108 (89.04) |
There were 1 884 missing values in sex variable.
All comparisons between men and women (chi-square test or t-test) were statistically significant.