Attitudes and beliefs related to reporting alcohol consumption in research studies: a case from Jordan

Figures & data

Table 1 Reporting of alcohol consumption when participation in scientific research according to demographic characteristics

Demographic characteristic	Do you think most people who participate in research report their alcohol consumption to the research team? (n, %)
	Mostly yes	Mostly no	P-value
Age (years)
18–34.9a	41.2	58.8	0.304
≥35	46.5	53.5
Gender
Malea	41.3	58.7	0.488
Female	44.8	55.2
Religion
Islama	41.0	59.0	0.010
Christianity	60.9	39.1
Residency
Capitala	57.1	42.9	0.005
Urban	44.4	55.6
Rural	27.7	72.3

Note:

a Reference group.

Table 2 Factors that affect reporting of alcohol consumption in research according to demographic characteristics (N=400, %)

Demographics	Religious factors				Social factors
	Declaring alcohol consumption is not religiously accepted and might double the sin of consumption				Reporting of alcohol consumption when the participant knows the researcher			Reporting of alcohol consumption if they move to a country where alcohol consumption is culturally acceptable
	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	P-value	That will change your answer	Your answer will be the same	P-value	Yes	No	P-value
Age (years)				0.176			0.055			0.024
18-34.9	90.3	6.7	3.0		33.1	66.9		44.1	55.9
>35	97.2	1.4	1.4		24.0	76.0		33.7	67.3
Gender				0.324			0.012			0.061
Male	95.7	3.3	1.1		36.0	64.0		44.8	55.2
Female	90.4	6.1	3.5		24.3	75.7		35.5	64.5
Religion				0.606			0.001			0.786
Islama	92.3	5.2	2.6		23.3	67.7		39.9	60.1
Christianity	100.0	0	0		8.7	91.3		37.8	62.2
Residency				0.23			0.090			0.083
Capitala	85.0	10.0	1.0		16.7	83.3		31.9	55.9
Urban	94.4	2.8	1.9		30.5	69.5		38.4	61.6
Rural	90.9	9.1	1.9		34.9	65.1		51.7	38.3

Note:

a Reference group.

Table 3 Reporting of alcohol consumption when participation in scientific research according to the trust degree of the research team (N=400, %)

Item	High trust	Moderate trust	Low trust	P-value
Do you think most people who participate in research report their alcohol consumption?				0.055
Mostly yes	48.6	38.5	31.3
Mostly no	51.4	61.5	68.8
If your answer is “mostly no”, why? Most people think
their data will not be treated with privacy				0.005
Agree	50.0	41.9	91.7
Neutral	27.3	48.8	8.3
Disagree	22.7	9.3	0
Fear of misusing their data				0.007
Agree	48.8	46.7	100.0
Neutral	27.9	40.0	0
Disagree	23.3	13.3	0
If you know the researcher who asked you about drinking alcohol, will that change your answer?				0.970
Yes	29.6	29.1	31.3
No	70.4	70.9	68.8
If you drink alcohol, would you report drinking alcohol when participating in a research outside Jordan?				0.789
Yes	40.3	37.8	43.8
No	59.7	62.2	56.3