title: Experienced Harm from Other People's Drinking: A Comparison of Northern European Countries.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study addresses how experienced harm from other people's drinking varies between six Northern European countries by comparing 1) the prevalence of experienced harm and 2) the correlates of harm.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data comprise 18-69-year olds who participated in general population surveys in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Scotland during the period 2008-2013. Comparative data were available on five types of harm: physical abuse, damage of clothes/belongings, verbal abuse, being afraid, and being kept awake at night.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This study shows that harms from other's drinking are commonly experienced in all six countries. Being kept awake at night is the most common harm, while being physically harmed is the least common. The proportions that reported at least one of the five problems were highest in Finland and Iceland and lowest in Norway, but also relatively low in Sweden. Across countries, the level of harm was highest among young, single, urban residents, and for some countries among women and those who frequently drank to intoxication themselves.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study revealed large differences in the prevalence of harm in countries with fairly similar drinking cultures. However, the correlates of such experiences were similar across countries. Possible explanations of the findings are discussed, including differences in study design.
authors.affiliation: Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research (SIRUS), Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Inger Synnøve
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Moan
authors.affiliation: Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research (SIRUS), Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Elisabet E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Storvoll
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden ; The Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs (CAN), Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Erica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sundin
authors.affiliation: Norwegian Institute for Alcohol and Drug Research (SIRUS), Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Ingunn Olea
authors.initials: IO
authors.lastname: Lund
authors.affiliation: Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research (CRF), Aarhus University, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bloomfield
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hope
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden ; The Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs (CAN), Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Mats
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramstedt
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: Petri
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Huhtanen
authors.affiliation: Directorate of Health, Reykjavik, Iceland.
authors.forename: Sveinbjörn
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kristjánsson
keywords: alcohol’s harm to others; cross-country comparison; drinking patterns; sociodemographics