Table 2

Bivariate relationship between emotions associated with drinking any type of alcohol† and AUDIT score and sociodemographics (%)

	n	Emotions associated with drinking any type of alcohol†
		Positive emotions				Negative emotions
		Energised	Relaxed	Sexy	Confident	Tired	Aggressive	Ill	Restless	Tearful
AUDIT
Lower risk (0–7)	10 577	61.11	83.32	51.74	65.78	85.07	20.28	62.33	29.25	26.78
Increasing risk (8-15)	14 205	79.25	90.55	65.91	80.76	87.83	38.24	72.22	39.63	39.87
Higher risk (16-19)	2895	86.60	93.16	73.92	87.63	89.50	52.71	79.24	48.70	50.78
Dependence (20+)	2159	90.13	93.61	73.83	89.95	88.42	63.08	80.64	55.16	59.70
χ²		1659.410	452.744	868.464	1244.958	63.389	2218.420	563.548	770.746	1220.481
p		***	***	***	***	***	***	***	***	***
Sex
Male	19 934	73.01	88.06	57.17	75.88	85.45	36.97	67.45	36.98	32.27
Female	9902	76.96	89.28	72.43	78.61	90.29	31.27	75.16	39.92	48.71
χ²		54.179	9.635	655.165	27.760	137.980	94.407	187.240	24.269	761.188
p		***	**	***	***	***	***	***	***	***
Age (years)
18–24	16 333	79.30	89.19	67.03	81.36	86.97	35.39	72.32	40.06	40.38
25–29	8744	70.53	87.98	59.00	73.28	87.64	35.16	68.57	36.76	35.94
30–34	4759	64.22	86.85	51.73	67.49	86.28	33.83	64.70	32.95	31.88
χ²		532.72	22.585	422.007	482.601	5.278	3.993	114.045	86.724	130.036
p		***	***	***	***	NS	NS	***	***	***
Attended high school
Yes	29 365	74.17	88.42	62.13	76.64	87.05	34.95	69.85	37.91	37.61
No	471	84.08	91.08	68.79	85.99	87.26	43.10	79.62	41.19	45.01
χ²		23.855	3.224	8.743	22.742	0.0180	13.5330	21.0560	2.1220	10.8190
p		***	NS	**	***	NS	***	***	NS	***

*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.
†Emotions from drinking respondents reported regardless of the type of alcohol they associate it with. Includes emotions associated with drinking spirits, white wine, red wine and beer.
AUDIT, alcohol use disorders identification test; NS, not significant.