Citation

Ager CR, Ferrer HP, Fillmore KM, Golding JM, Leino EV, Motoyoshi M. Subst. Use Misuse 1996; 31(11-12): 1503-1523.

Affiliation

Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0646, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8908705

Abstract

This paper examines the prevalence of two "at-risk" alcohol drinking patterns (infrequent heavy drinking and frequent heavy drinking) within age/gender groups in multiple general population studies. When heterogeneity in findings across studies is found, we test the hypotheses that suicide, divorce, unemployment rates, and the per capita consumption of alcohol in each country are associated with the prevalence of these drinking patterns. These analyses should inform the literature on the relationships between societal factors and the prevalence of persons in different societies and periods in history that drink at these levels.

Language: en