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. 2021 May 20;45:e52. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2021.52

TABLE 3. Univariate regression models evaluating the association between drinking behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic and anxiety symptoms, quarantine and sociodemographic characteristics in 2019 drinkers of the “Alcohol Use during the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean” survey, 2020 (N = 12 328).

 

Online socializing drinking during the COVID-19 pandemic*

Drinking with children present during the COVID-19 pandemic*

Drinking before 5 p.m. during the COVID-19 pandemic*

Heavy episodic drinking during the COVID-19 pandemic**

cCoef.

95%CI

p-value

cCoef.

95%CI

p-value

cCoef.

95%CI

p-value

cOR

95%CI

p-value

Anxiety symptoms

0.77

[0.55; 0.98]

<0.001

0.42

[0.20; 0.63]

<0.001

1.15

[0.93; 1.37]

<0.001

1.08

[1.07; 1.10]

<0.001

Quarantine

2.88

[1.65; 4.12]

<0.001

3.81

[2.61; 5.02]

<0.001

1.50

[0.21; 2.80]

0.023

0.83

[0.75; 0.91]

<0.001

Sex

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Men

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

  Women

-0.97

[-2.06; 0.13]

0.084

-0.30

[-1.42; 0.81]

0.591

-4.77

[-5.90; -3.63]

<0.001

0.50

[0.46; 0.54]

<0.001

Age

-0.15

[-0.19; -0.11]

<0.001

<0.01

[-0.04; 0.04]

0.877

<0.01

[-0.04; 0.04]

0.952

0.99

[0.98; 0.99]

<0.001

Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  <1 wage

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

  1-4 wages

4.27

[2.55; 5.99]

<0.001

3.66

[1.93; 5.40]

<0.001

4.70

[2.92; 6.48]

<0.001

1.31

[1.14; 1.51]

<0.001

  5-10 wages

5.55

[3.76; 7.33]

<0.001

6.32

[4.52; 8.12]

<0.001

7.49

[5.64; 9.34]

<0.001

1.27

[1.09; 1.47]

0.002

  11-20 wages

7.48

[5.54; 9.43]

<0.001

6.55

[4.58; 8.51]

<0.001

7.65

[5.63; 9.67]

<0.001

1.41

[1.20; 1.65]

<0.001

  >20 wages

7.90

[5.93; 9.86]

<0.001

9.38

[7.40; 11.37]

<0.001

9.95

[7.91; 11.98]

<0.001

1.35

[1.15; 1.58]

<0.001

Ethnicity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  White

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

  Black

-3.54

[-6.35; -0.74]

0.013

-3.35

[-6.17; -0.53]

0.020

0.48

[-2.43; 3.39]

0.747

1.07

[0.85; 1.33]

0.566

  Indigenous

-3.00

[-7.70; 1.71]

0.212

-8.88

[-13.61; -4.14]

<0.001

-7.02

[-11.90; -2.14]

0.005

0.57

[0.38; 0.85]

0.007

  Mixed & others

-1.69

[-2.77; -0.61]

0.002

-4.55

[-5.64; -3.46]

<0.001

-2.46

[-3.58; -1.34]

<0.001

0.84

[0.77; 0.91]

<0.001

2019 control variable***

0.43

[0.41; 0.46]

<0.001

0.79

[0.77; 0.80]

<0.001

0.72

[0.70; 0.74]

<0.001

2.73

[2.63; 2.83]

<0.001

Abbreviations: “cCoef.”: crude coefficient; “95%CI”: 95% confidence intervals: “cOR”: crude odds ratio.

*

Linear regression model.

**

Ordered logistic regression model.

***

This control variable is different for each model. It contains the same information as response variable, but corresponds to 2019.

Bold letters highlight statistically significant outcomes.