Boredom and stress drives increased alcohol consumption during COVID-19 : NANOS poll summary report, CCSA May omnibus research summary / conducted by Nanos for the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and...: H17-8/2020E-PDF

"Although many Canadians report the same alcohol consumption, one in five Canadians who stay at home more report that their alcohol consumption has increased both in quantity and in frequency while one in ten report a decrease in consumption. Boredom, stress and lack of a regular schedule are the key drivers for increased alcohol consumptions while staying healthy and lack of social gatherings are the key reasons for a decrease in alcohol consumption. Fourteen percent of Canadians report remorse after drinking and eight percent report they have not been able to stop drinking once started ... These observations are based on an RDD dual frame (land- and cell-lines) hybrid telephone and online random survey of 1,009 Canadians, 18 years of age or older, between May 26th to 28th, 2020. The survey of 1,009 Canadians is accurate ±3.1 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. The margin of error for subsample of Canadians staying at home, who drink alcohol and whose consumption or frequency has increased or decreased will be wider. This study was commissioned by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction and the research was conducted by Nanos Research"--Summary, page 2-7.

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