Surveying the range and magnitude of alcohol's harm to others in Australia
Aims: This study aims to document the adverse effects of drinkers in Australia on people other than the drinker. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Setting: In a national survey of Australia, respondents described the harmful effects they experienced from drinkers in their households, family and friend...
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| author | Laslett, Anne-Marie Room, R. Ferris, J. Wilkinson, C. Livingston, M. Mugavin, J. |
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| description | Aims: This study aims to document the adverse effects of drinkers in Australia on people other than the drinker. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Setting: In a national survey of Australia, respondents described the harmful effects they experienced from drinkers in their households, family and friendship networks, as well as work-place and community settings. Participants: A randomly selected sample of 2649 adult Australians. Measurements: Problems experienced because of others' drinking were ascertained via computer-assisted telephone interviews. Respondent and drinker socio-demographic and drinking pattern data were recorded. Findings: A total of 70% of respondents were affected by strangers' drinking and experienced nuisance, fear or abuse, and 30% reported that the drinking of someone close to them had negative effects, although only 11% were affected by such a person ‘a lot’. Women were more affected by someone they knew in the household or family, while men were more affected by strangers, friends and co-workers. Young adults were consistently the most negatively affected across the majority of types of harm. Conclusions: Substantial proportions of Australians are affected by other people's drinking, including that of their families, friends, co-workers and strangers. These harms range in magnitude from noise and fear to physical abuse, sexual coercion and social isolation. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-226222017-09-13T13:57:04Z Surveying the range and magnitude of alcohol's harm to others in Australia Laslett, Anne-Marie Room, R. Ferris, J. Wilkinson, C. Livingston, M. Mugavin, J. Aims: This study aims to document the adverse effects of drinkers in Australia on people other than the drinker. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Setting: In a national survey of Australia, respondents described the harmful effects they experienced from drinkers in their households, family and friendship networks, as well as work-place and community settings. Participants: A randomly selected sample of 2649 adult Australians. Measurements: Problems experienced because of others' drinking were ascertained via computer-assisted telephone interviews. Respondent and drinker socio-demographic and drinking pattern data were recorded. Findings: A total of 70% of respondents were affected by strangers' drinking and experienced nuisance, fear or abuse, and 30% reported that the drinking of someone close to them had negative effects, although only 11% were affected by such a person ‘a lot’. Women were more affected by someone they knew in the household or family, while men were more affected by strangers, friends and co-workers. Young adults were consistently the most negatively affected across the majority of types of harm. Conclusions: Substantial proportions of Australians are affected by other people's drinking, including that of their families, friends, co-workers and strangers. These harms range in magnitude from noise and fear to physical abuse, sexual coercion and social isolation. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22622 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03445.x Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. restricted |
| spellingShingle | Laslett, Anne-Marie Room, R. Ferris, J. Wilkinson, C. Livingston, M. Mugavin, J. Surveying the range and magnitude of alcohol's harm to others in Australia |
| title | Surveying the range and magnitude of alcohol's harm to others in Australia |
| title_full | Surveying the range and magnitude of alcohol's harm to others in Australia |
| title_fullStr | Surveying the range and magnitude of alcohol's harm to others in Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Surveying the range and magnitude of alcohol's harm to others in Australia |
| title_short | Surveying the range and magnitude of alcohol's harm to others in Australia |
| title_sort | surveying the range and magnitude of alcohol's harm to others in australia |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22622 |