A Multilevel Analysis of Regional and Gender Differences in the Drinking Behavior of 23 Countries.

Introduction: Drinking behavior differs not only among countries, but also among regions within a country. However, the extent of such variation and the interplay between gender and regional differences in drinking have not been explored and are addressed in this study. Methods: Data stem from 105,0...

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Publicado en:Substance Use & Misuse Vol. 55; no. 5; pp. 772 - 787
Autores principales: Grittner, Ulrike, Wilsnack, Sharon, Kuntsche, Sandra, Greenfield, Thomas K., Wilsnack, Richard, Kristjanson, Arlinda, Bloomfield, Kim
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2020
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          Grittner, Ulrike
          Wilsnack, Sharon
          Kuntsche, Sandra
          Greenfield, Thomas K.
          Wilsnack, Richard
          Kristjanson, Arlinda
          Bloomfield, Kim
        affil: Institute of Biometry and Clinical Epidemiology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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          Drinking Behavior
          Human
          Sex Factors
          Geographic Factors
          Alcoholism
          Ethanol
          Male
          Female
          Alcohol Drinking
          Logistic Regression
          Intraclass Correlation Coefficient
          Descriptive Statistics
          Confidence Intervals
          Low and Middle Income Countries
          Male
          Female
      ab: Introduction: Drinking behavior differs not only among countries, but also among regions within a country. However, the extent of such variation and the interplay between gender and regional differences in drinking have not been explored and are addressed in this study. Methods: Data stem from 105,061 individuals from 23 countries of the GENACIS data set. The outcomes were heavy drinking (10/20 g or more of pure ethanol per day for women/men), and risky single occasion drinking (RSOD) (5+ drinks per occasion) at least monthly. Analyses used binary logistic mixed models. Variance at specific levels was measured by the intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC). Gender differences in outcomes were measured using gender ratios. Results: Country-level ICC was 0.13 (95% CI: 0.09–0.18) for heavy drinking and 0.16 (95% CI: 0.10–0.26) for RSOD. Within-country regional-level ICC for heavy drinking and RSOD was 0.02 (95% CI: 0.009–0.05; 0.01–0.04, respectively), implying that 2% of variation in heavy drinking and RSOD was explained by regional variation. Variance in drinking indicators was larger for women compared to men across countries. Gender ratios were higher in low- and middle-income countries. Conclusions: Regional variations in risky drinking were more often present in low- to middle-income countries as well as in a few higher-income countries, and could be due to cultural and demographic differences. Variations in gender differences were larger on the country level than on the regional level, with lower-income countries showing larger differences. These results can help to better identify specific high-risk groups for prevention strategies.
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