Justifications for heavy alcohol use among gender and sexually diverse people

Figures & data

Figure 1. Low-risk alcohol drinking advice – adapted from Te Hiringa Hauora/Health Promotion Agency of New Zealand (n.d.) guidelines.

Table 1. Participant demographics.

Age	n	%	Gender	n	%
16–19	7	5	Female/Cis-female	40	31
20–29	49	37	Male/Cis-male	70	53
30–39	24	18	Transgender^a	13	10
40–49	19	15	Non-binary	4	3
50–59 60–69 70+	12 16 4	9 12 3	Another gender	4	3
			Sexuality
			Gay Lesbian Queer Pansexual Bisexual male Takatāpui Bisexual female Fa’afafine	59 16 13 8 7 7 3 2	45 12 10 6 5 5 2 2
Ethnicity
NZ European	76	58
Māori	28	21
Pacific	15	11
Asian	9	7
Another ethnicity	3	2
Work status
Employed Student Unemployed Retired Other/not provided	78 27 9 7 10	60 21 7 5 8	Another sexuality	12	9
			Alcohol consumption
			Drink in last year	120	92%
			Drink in last 4 weeks	100	77%
			7+ drinks on one occasion last 4 weeks Purchased alcohol in bar/club last 4 weeks	55 58	42% 44%

^a All participants who identified a transgender identity (e.g. trans man) are included in this category.

Table 2. Focus group participant characteristics.

	n
Māori/Takatāpui	4
Asian	2
Samoan/Fa’afafine	1
University students	2
School students/youth focused	3
Mid-age/older gay men	3
Gender diverse	1
Mixed^a/social	7
Deaf	1
Former drinkers in recovery	1

^a Included participants with a range of gender and sexual identities, ages and ethnicities.

Figure 2. Focus group moderator guide.

Te Hiringa Hauora/Health Promotion Agency of New Zealand. (n.d.). Low-risk alcohol drinking advice. Retrieved January 11, 2021 from https://www.alcohol.org.nz/help-advice/advice-on-alcohol/low-risk-alcohol-drinking-advice.

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