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Table 3 Secondhand effects experience by demographic characteristics

From: Undergraduate student drinking and related harms at an Australian university: web-based survey of a large random sample

Secondhand effects

Age

Gender

Citizenship

 

17-19

20-25

p-value

Female

Male

P-value

Aust/NZ

Non

p-value

 

% (N)

% (N)

 

% (N)

% (N)

 

% (N)

% (N)

 

Been insulted or humiliated

13.6 (535)

12.1 (396)

0.070

12.2 (500)

13.9 (431)

0.027

13.4 (207)

10.7 (124)

0.015

Had a serious argument or quarrel

13.7 (541)

11.1 (362)

0.001

12.6 (518)

12.4 (385)

0.808

13.2 (794)

9.4 (109)

< 0.001

Been pushed, hit or otherwise assaulted

7.2 (283)

5.6 (181)

0.005

4.8 (195)

8.7 (269)

< 0.001

6.7 (403)

5.3 (61)

0.074

Had your property damaged

8.3 (325)

7.0 (227)

0.039

7.2 (296)

8.3 (256)

0.098

7.5 (452)

8.6 (100)

0.185

Had to 'baby-sit' or take care of another student who had drunk too much

31.9 (1256)

21.6 (706)

< 0.001

28.8 (1184)

25.1 (778)

0.001

28.8 (1742)

19.0 (220)

< 0.001

Found vomit in the halls or bathroom of your residence

6.5 (257)

6.0 (196)

0.364

5.6 (231)

7.2 (222)

0.008

5.6 (337)

10.0 (116)

< 0.001

Had your studying or sleep interrupted

22.1 (872)

19.4 (633)

0.004

21.5 (884)

20.1 (621)

0.128

20.1 (1215)

25.0 (290)

< 0.001

Experienced unwanted sexual advances

12.1 (474)

9.5 (310)

0.001

13.8 (565)

7.1 (219)

< 0.001

11.9 (717)

5.8 (784)

< 0.001

Been a victim of sexual assault

0.9 (35)

1.1 (36)

0.358

0.9 (36)

1.1 (35)

0.289

0.8 (47)

2.1 (24)

< 0.001

Been a victim of another crime on campus

0.8 (30)

1.1 (35)

0.165

0.8 (34)

1.0 (31)

0.448

0.6 (39)

2.2 (26)

< 0.001

Been a victim of another crime off campus

2.4 (93)

2.0 (66)

0.328

1.8 (74)

2.8 (85)

0.007

2.1 (125)

2.9 (34)

0.067