There were also significant negative interactions of frequency of drinking with percent current drinkers and HDI for men. These interactions suggest that in countries with a higher percent of current drinkers and higher social development, the relationship between frequency of drinking and negative consequences is weaker compared to countries with a lower percent of current drinkers and lower social development. That is, because these consequences can occur even at low levels of consumption, in countries where drinking is already frequent, increased frequency of drinking at the individual level is likely to have less of an impact on experiencing negative consequences than it would in countries where drinking is generally infrequent and an increase in drinking frequency at the individual level would result in an increase in high endorsement consequences.
