Alcohol Consumption during the Covid-19 Pandemic in India

The study examines the impact of Covid-19-induced economic stressors (such as incomes and job losses) on household alcohol consumption in India. Our analysis, based on eight waves of the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy-Consumer Pyramids Household Survey (CMIE-CPHS) for the period January 2019-August 2021, confirms an increased consumption of alcohol during the pandemic despite supply restrictions imposed by the state. A spurt was witnessed across socioeconomic groups with varying intensities. This confirms the self-medication hypothesis and stress-response-dampening theory that households responded to the pandemic-related economic and psychological shocks by increasing the consumption of alcohol and is more significant for the poor and the marginalised. JEL Codes: D12, C23

Alcohol · Alcohol consumption · Consumption (sociology · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economics · Environmental health · Pandemic · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Stressor · COVID-19 and Mental Health · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Medicine · Psychology

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