Physical and social availability of alcohol for young enlisted naval personnel in and around home port

Table 1 Survey findings on alcohol availability for underage and legal age enlisted naval personnel. Numbers may not add up to 100% due to rounding.

	Underage	Legal Age	χ²	p-value
Subjective Physical Availability
Obtaining Alcohol on Base after Work:
Easy/very easy	63%	81%	26.91 2df	<0.001
Difficult/very difficult	26%	11%
Don't know	11%	8%
Obtaining Alcohol off Base after Work:
Easy/very easy	80%	90%	12.05 2df	0.002
Difficult/very difficult	12%	6%
Don't know	8%	4%
Subjective Social Availability
Obtaining Alcohol from Friends in the Navy:
Easy/very easy	88%	85%	1.79 2df	0.41
Difficult/very difficult	7%	9%
Don't know	5%	6%
Obtaining Alcohol from Friends outside the Navy:
Easy/very easy	84%	81%	1.67 2df	0.43
Difficult/very difficult	8%	10%
Don't know	8%	10%

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