Table 5 Associations between respondent’s viewpoint and heavy episodic drinking (HED) within the past 30 days among households that reported alcohol consumption (N = 797)
From: National Alcohol Survey of households in Trinidad and Tobago (NASHTT): Alcohol use in households
Respondent’s viewpoint | No HED N (%) (n = 347) | HED N (%) (n = 450) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Alcohol consumption is a normal part of this HH daily life | 34 (9.8) | 100 (22.2) | <0.001 |
Alcohol consumption at family gatherings is a normal occurrence | 228 (65.7) | 344 (76.4) | 0.002 |
In this household, we discuss the dangers of alcohol use | 189 (54.5) | 254 (56.4) | 0.759 |
In this household, drinking alcohol is considered a pleasurable activity | 101 (29.1) | 306 (68.0) | <0.001 |
In this household, alcohol is consumed in the presence of children | 82 (23.6) | 157 (34.9) | 0.013 |
In this household, alcohol is a reward for a hard day’s work | 44 (12.7) | 163 (36.2) | <0.001 |
Taking a drink together helps ease household tensions | 41 (11.8) | 143 (31.8) | <0.001 |
Sometimes a personal and/or household problems are resolved over a drink | 33 (9.5) | 129 (28.7) | <0.001 |
Drinking together enables the household members to cope with many of the pressures of life | 27 (7.8) | 129 (28.7) | <0.001 |
In this household, young people are allowed to drink alcohol in preparation for adult life | 39 (11.2) | 111 (24.7) | 0.001 |
Alcohol consumption should not be allowed to affect household relations | 210 (60.5) | 258 (57.3) | 0.634 |
Do any of the members of the household drink against the household wishes | 37 (10.7) | 57 (12.7) | 0.580 |