Differences in trouble per litre of different alcoholic beverages - A global comparison with the GENACIS dataset.
Differences in trouble per litre of different alcoholic beverages - A global comparison with the GENACIS dataset.
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DOI:
10.1177/009145091103800403
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发表时间:
2011
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通讯作者:
Graham K
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作者:
Room R;Ferris J;Bond J;Greenfield TK;Graham K
Different alcoholic beverages are seen as causing more or less trouble, with spirits historically often seen as the most troublesome. Differences in the “trouble per litre” could reflect differences in the beverages themselves (e.g., faster effect of stronger beverages, additives/contaminants in informal beverages), or could reflect characteristics of those drinking each beverage. Using two alternative definitions of beverage choice and measures of personal and of social consequences of drinking, the paper examines trouble per litre among beer, wine and spirits drinkers in 19 different societies represented in the GENACIS dataset. There is no general pattern which holds across cultures of more or less trouble being associated with a particular beverage type. Wine seems to be less associated with trouble than beer or spirits in a number of societies, but there are counter-instances in other societies. There is no overall trend across cultures in comparing trouble associated with beer and with spirits. In a number of societies, drinkers with no predominant beverage report more problems than those mainly drinking beer or wine. Controlling for gender and age reduces the tilt towards less trouble from wine drinking, particularly for social consequences of drinking.