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Non-Drinkers’ Experiences of Drinking Occasions: A Population-Based Study of Social Consequences of Abstaining from Alcohol

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Table 1. Number of nondrinkers, “non-drinking occasions,” drinkers and drinking occasions, and their distribution (%) by sex, age, and abstinence status1.

Table 2. Characteristics of (non-)drinking occasions (%) by type of respondent (nondrinkers and drinkers), and the odds ratios from models (for each row separately) comparing the odds of the given characteristic in the occasions of nondrinkers compared to drinkers.

Figure 1. Distribution of non-drinking (medium gray with black borders)ǂ and drinking (light gray)ǂ occasions across hours of the week (% of the whole week’s (non-)drinking occasions)*.

ǂAreas with dark gray are areas where non-drinking and drinking occasion proportions overlap each other.

*The weekday label is centered at 12 o’clock noon, vertical cross bars on x-axis denote midnight.

Figure 1. Distribution of non-drinking (medium gray with black borders)ǂ and drinking (light gray)ǂ occasions across hours of the week (% of the whole week’s (non-)drinking occasions)*.ǂAreas with dark gray are areas where non-drinking and drinking occasion proportions overlap each other.*The weekday label is centered at 12 o’clock noon, vertical cross bars on x-axis denote midnight.

Table 3. Social consequences of abstinence: proportion of nondrinkers responding “often” or “occasionally,” %.

Table 4. Attitudes in the social environment toward abstinence: proportion of respondents reporting only positive reactions from others (%).