Alcohol drinking patterns by gender, ethnicity, and social class in Bahia, Brazil

Bibliographic Data

ID9259380
AuthorsNaomar Almeida Filho (0000-0002-4435-755X, Universidade Federal da Bahia), Naomar Almeida-Filho (Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brasil; Harvard School of Public Health; Harvard School of Public Health, USA), Ines Lessa (Universidade Federal da Bahia), Lucélia Batista Neves Cunha Magalhães (0000-0003-2881-7402, Universidade Federal da Bahia), Lucélia Magalhães (Universidade Federal da Bahia), Maria Jenny Araujo (Universidade Federal da Bahia), Estela Aquino (Universidade Federal da Bahia), Estela Maria Leão De Aquino (0000-0002-8204-1249, Universidade Federal da Bahia), Ichiro Kawachi (0000-0003-3579-4456, Harvard School of Public Health), A James (0000-0001-6287-8247, University of Michigan), Sherman A James (University of Michigan School of Public Health, USA)
Year2004
Volume38
Issue1
Pages45-54
Publication date2004-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista de Saúde Pública (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-8910 • E-ISSN: 0034-8910
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0034-89102004000100007
PMID14963541
OpenAlexW2159827249
SCIELO_PIDS0034-89102004000100007
LanguageEN
Citations received36
References cited19

OBJECTIVE: To study patterns of alcohol consumption and prevalence of high-risk drinking. METHODS: A household survey was carried out in a sample of 2,302 adults in Salvador, Brazil. Cases of High-Risk Drinking (HRD) were defined as those subjects who referred daily or weekly binge drinking plus episodes of drunkenness and those who reported any use of alcoholic beverages but with frequent drunkenness (at least once a week). RESULTS: Fifty-six per cent of the sample acknowledged drinking alcoholic beverages. Overall consumption was significantly related with gender (male), marital status (single), migration (non-migrant), better educated (college level), and social class (upper). No significant differences were found regarding ethnicity, except for cachaça (Brazilian sugarcane liquor) and other distilled beverages. Overall 12-month prevalence of high-risk drinking was 7%, six times more prevalent among males than females (almost 13% compared to 2.4%). A positive association of HRD prevalence with education and social class was found. No overall relationship was found between ethnicity and HRD. Male gender and higher socioeconomic status were associated with increased odds of HRD. Two-way stratified analyses yielded consistent gender effects throughout all strata of independent variables. CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest that social and cultural elements determine local patterns of alcohol-drinking behavior. Additional research on long-term and differential effects of gender, ethnicity, and social class on alcohol use and misuse is needed in order to explain their role as sources of social health inequities

Alcohol · Alcohol consumption · Binge drinking · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Injury prevention · Logistic regression · Marital status · Odds · Poison control · Population · Social class · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects · Demography · Medicine · Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes · Youth, Drugs, and Violence · Gerontology

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