Socio-economic disadvantage is associated with heavier drinking in high but not middle-income countries participating in the International alcohol control study
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2018-03-28
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John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs
Abstract
Associations between socio-economic disadvantage and heavier drinking vary depending on country-level income. These findings highlight the value of exploring cross-country differences in heavier drinking, and the importance of including country-level measurements to better elucidate relationships. Individual-level measures of disadvantage, lower education, and living in poverty, were associated with heavier drinking, consuming 8+ drinks on a typical occasion or drinking at the higher risk level, when all countries were considered together. Drinkers in the middle-income countries had a higher probability of consuming 8+ drinks on a typical occasion relative to drinkers in the high-income countries.
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Journal Article (peer-reviewed)
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ALCOHOL, SUBSTANCE USE, NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, HEALTH POLICY, REGULATION, DATA ANALYSIS, SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, GLOBAL
Citation
Drug and Alcohol Review (August 2018), 37 (Suppl. 2), S63–S71