Citation

Murray M, McMillan C. Alcohol Alcohol. 1993; 28(4): 477-483.

Affiliation

Division of Community Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Oxford University Press)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8397530

Abstract

A random sample of over 700 adults resident in Northern Ireland answered a questionnaire about their drinking practices. Approximately one-quarter of the men and almost 40% of the women described themselves as non-drinkers. Logistic regression analyses identified religious denomination, marital status, and age as the most important predictors of drinking. Of the drinkers 15.8% of the men and 5.7% of the women obtained a CAGE score of 3 or 4. Further logistic regression analyses identified gender, marital status, and religious denomination as the most important predictors of problem drinking.

Language: en