Gender differences in hazardous drinking among middle-aged in Europe: the role of social context and women’s empowerment
| Autor: | Albert Espelt, M. Teresa Brugal, Joan R. Villalbí, Anna M. Guitart, Montse Bartroli, Marina Bosque-Prous, Carme Borrell |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Alcohol Drinking Gross Domestic Product media_common.quotation_subject Emigrants and Immigrants Poison control Social Environment Gender Empowerment Measure symbols.namesake Sex Factors Environmental health Women's empowerment Injury prevention Prevalence Humans Medicine Poisson regression Empowerment Socioeconomic status media_common business.industry Alcoholic Beverages Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Gender Identity Social environment Middle Aged Europe Cross-Sectional Studies Socioeconomic Factors Alcohol Tobacco Gambling symbols Female business |
| Zdroj: | EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH r-IIB SANT PAU. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica del Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Sant Pau instname |
| ISSN: | 1464-360X 1101-1262 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/eurpub/cku234 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to estimate the magnitude of gender differences in hazardous drinking among middle-aged people and to analyse whether these differences are associated with contextual factors, such as public policies or socioeconomic factors. METHODS: Cross-sectional design. The study population included 50- to 64-year-old residents of 16 European countries who participated in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe project conducted in 2010-12 (n = 26 017). We estimated gender differences in hazardous drinking in each country. To determine whether different social context or women's empowerment variables were associated with gender differences in hazardous drinking, we fitted multilevel Poisson regression models adjusted for various individual and country-level variables, which yielded prevalence ratios and their 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). RESULTS: Prevalence of hazardous drinking was significantly higher in men than women [30.2% (95% CI: 29.1-31.4%) and 18.6% (95% CI: 17.7-19.4%), respectively] in most countries, although the extent of these differences varied between countries. Among individuals aged 50-64 years in Europe, risk of becoming a hazardous drinker was 1.69 times higher (95% CI: 1.45-1.97) in men, after controlling for individual and country-level variables. We also found that lower values of the gender empowerment measure and higher unemployment rates were associated with higher gender differences in hazardous drinking. CONCLUSION: Countries with the greatest gender differences in hazardous drinking were those with the most restrictions on women's behaviour, and the greatest gender inequalities in daily life. Lower gender differences in hazardous drinking seem to be related to higher consumption among women. Language: en |
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