Table 2.
Pre- and mid-pandemic comparison of rates of alcohol use among the longitudinal sample (N = 439)
| Prevalence | Pre-pandemic (Wave I) |
Mid-pandemic (Wave II) |
Wave II–Wave 1 |
Significance |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage point difference | p-value | |
| Any alcohol use | 54.2% | 238 | 46.0% | 202 | −8.2% | .015 |
| Any binge alcohol use | 35.5% | 156 | 24.6% | 108 | −10.9% | <.001 |
| Days of use | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Difference of means | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Days of any alcohol use | 2.51 | 3.42 | 2.57 | 4.48 | .0592 | .826 |
| Days of binge alcohol use | 1.26 | 2.22 | 1.05 | 2.74 | −.214 | .204 |
Statistical significance of differences in alcohol use between Wave I and Wave II was assessed by Pearson’s chi-squared tests for prevalence and t-tests for days of use.
SD = standard deviation.