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Table 7 Alcohol and its association with the likelihood of still taking a pill despite a pill testing service detecting a harmful substance in the pill among people who use drugs (N = 636)

From: Patterns of ecstasy use amongst live music event attendees and their opinions on pill testing: a cross sectional study

 

Would not consider

Would consider

Chi-square, dfa, p-valueb

How often do you have a drink containing alcohol? (n = 618)

 Never

0.0

100.0

χ = 13.30, df = 4, p = 0.006

 Monthly or less

62.8

37.2

 2–3 times per month

58.5

41.5

 2–3 times per week

49.4

50.6

 4+ times weekly

38.8

61.3

Frequency of 6+ standard drinks in 1 session (n = 613)

 Never

0.0

100.0

χ = 12.03, df = 4, p = 0.010

 Monthly or less

67.9

32.1

 2–3 times per month

53.3

46.7

 2–3 times per week

48.3

51.7

 4+ times weekly

33.3

66.7

  1. adf degrees of freedom b Exact values used due to small numbers