Titre : | Income inequality and alcohol use: a multilevel analysis of drinking and drunkenness in adolescents in 34 countries (2005) |
Titre traduit : | (Inégalités de revenus et consommation d'alcool : une étude à plusieurs niveaux de l'alcoolisme modéré ou excessif chez les adolescents dans 34 pays) |
Auteurs : | ELGAR E. J. ; C. ROBERTS ; N. PARRY-LANGDON ; BOYCE W. |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | European Journal of Public Health (Vol.15, n°3, June 2005) |
Article en page(s) : | 245-250 |
Note générale : |
European Journal of Public health, 2005, 15, (3), 245-250 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés ALCOOL ; MILIEU SOCIOCULTUREL ; ADOLESCENT ; MILIEU SCOLAIRE ; FACTEUR DE RISQUE ; ENQUETE ; PREADOLESCENT ; IVRESSE ; COMPARAISON ; ETUDE TRANSVERSALEThésaurus géographique FRANCE ; EUROPE |
Résumé : |
ENGLISH : Background: Economic inequality has been hypothesized to be a health determinant, independent of poverty and household income. The goal of this study was to explore the contextual influences of income inequality on alcohol use and frequency of drunkenness in adolescents. Methods: The Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study surveyed 162 305 adolescents (ages 11, 13 and 15 years) in 34 countries, providing self-report data on family affluence, alcohol consumption and episodes of drunkenness. Country-level data on income inequality and overall wealth were retrieved from the United Nations Development Program. Results: Multilevel logistic regression revealed that 11- and 13-year-olds in countries of high income inequality consumed more alcohol than their counterparts in countries of low income inequality (after adjustment for sex, family affluence and country wealth). No such effect on alcohol consumption was found in 15-year-olds. Eleven-year-olds in countries of high income inequality reported more episodes of drunkenness than their counterparts in countries of low income inequality. No such effect of income inequality on drunkenness was found in 13- or 15-year-olds. Conclusions: Income inequality may have a contextual influence on the use of alcohol among younger adolescents. Findings suggest that economic policies that affect the distribution of wealth within societies may indirectly influence the use of alcohol during early and mid-adolescence. (Review' s abstract) |
Note de contenu : | tabl. |
Domaine : | Alcool / Alcohol |
Refs biblio. : | 20 |
Affiliation : |
Centre for Developmental Health, c/o Department of Family Soc. Sciences, 35 Chancellor's Circle, Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2. Email: elgar@cc.umanitoba.ca Canada. Canada. |
Numéro Toxibase : | 1301198 |
Centre Emetteur : | 13 OFDT |
Cote : | Abonnement |
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