Prevalence of harm from others’ alcohol drinking and the relationships with demographics and the respondents’ drinking behaviors in Thailand

ABSTRACTAims: To document the prevalence of various negative effects from others’ alcohol drinking in Thailand and to examine their relationship with demographic variables and the respondents’ drinking behaviors. Setting, design, and participants: A cross-sectional household survey using multistage sampling and face-to-face interviews of 1695 Thai respondents aged 18–70 years. Measurements: Respondents’ experiences of adverse effects of others’ drinking in psychological, social, economic, and physical aspects and their relationships with sociodemographic data and drinking patterns of respondents. Results: Seventy-nine percent of the respondents reported experiencing this problem within the last 12 months. The percentages experiencing psychological harm, social harm, economic harm, and physical harm were 76.8%, 42%, 22.6%, and 6.2%, respectively. Sources of harm makers included drinking neighbors, the husbands’ respondents, and friends, especially of younger male respondents. Personal predictors include be...