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Table 5 Spearman intercorrelations of symptoms of alcohol dependence and alcohol consumption characteristics, gender and demographics in urban and remote/regional settings for the Grog Survey App in a stratified sample (n = 206 drinkers)

From: Patterns of drinking in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as self-reported on the Grog Survey App: a stratified sample

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1. Loss of control

–

      

2. Time spent

0.55*

–

     

3. Tremor

0.61*

0.57*

–

    

4. Drinking frequency

0.32*

0.31*

0.28*

–

   

5. Drinks per occasion

0.23*

0.26*

0.30*

0.18*

–

  

6. Average drinks per day

0.35*

0.34*

0.38*

0.81*

0.68*

–

 

7. Male

0.07

0.13

0.21*

0.21*

0.21*

0.30*

–

8. Remote

0.18*

0.12

0.19*

0.10

0.06

0.10

0.16*

  1. Note: * p < 0.05; Loss of control = diminished control over drinking; Time spent = spending too much time drinking; Tremor = withdrawal tremor; Drinking frequency = number of drinking occasions per month; Drinks per occasion = number of standard drinks per drinking occasion; Average drinks per day = average number of standard drinks per day; Male = binary, participant is male; Remote = binary, participant is from a remote or regional area; Male and Remote were coded as dummy variables, to find the values for females, and urban areas, these correlations can be multiplied by −1