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Table 2 Associations between disaster exposure and self-perceived changes in alcohol consumption

From: Changes in alcohol consumption after a natural disaster: a study of Norwegian survivors after the 2004 Southeast Asia tsunami

 

Total sample

Not exposed, reference

Non-danger exposed

Danger exposed

(N = 830)

(n = 123)

(n = 432)

(n = 275)

Increased drinking

78 (9.4)

1 (0.8)

36 (8.3)

41 (14.9)

Unchanged

695 (83.7)

120 (97.6)

371 (85.9)

204 (74.2)

Decreased drinking

57 (6.9)

2 (1.6)

25 (5.8)

30 (10.9)

χ2 = 37.29, p < 0.001

  1. Results are given as N (% within group).