Regional diversity in United States drinking practices.
Regional diversity in United States drinking practices.
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10.1111/j.1360-0443.1988.tb02571.x
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1988-05
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M. Hilton
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最近的研究指出，美国酒精使用模式发生了重大的区域变化。本文讨论了区域差异的饮用模式，问题，态度和背景，因为这些已经出现沿着“湿润”以前干燥的南部和山区国家。数据来自1984年的一项全国调查。结果表明，持久性的区域差异的预防率和明显的消费水平时，计算每个饮酒者的基础上。在历史上比较干燥的地区，每个饮酒者的表观消费水平较高，伴随着好战、事故和与警察发生麻烦等问题的程度较高。然而，问题率的这些差异仅在男子中明显，表明性别和区域之间存在相互作用。态度措施没有显示出显着的区域差异，这表明未解决的紧张局势，在干燥的地区，相对较高的（每饮酒者）消费和相对保守的饮酒态度。背景证据表明，在干旱地区，公共饮酒机会的限制伴随着更多的家庭饮酒。
Summary Recent studies have noted significant regional changes in American patterns of alcohol use. The present paper discusses regional differences in drinking patterns, problems, attitudes, and contexts as these have emerged along with the ‘wettening’ of the previously drier Southern and Mountain states. Data come from a 1984 national survey. Results indicate the persistence of regional differences in abstention rates and in apparent consumption levels when calculated on a per-drinker basis. The higher per-drinker apparent consumption levels in the historically drier regions are accompanied by higher levels of problems in the categories of belligerence, accidents, and trouble-with-the-police. These differences in problem rates, however, are apparent only among men, indicating an interplay between gender and region. Attitude measures do not show notable regional differences, which indicates unresolved tensions, in the drier regions, between relatively high (per drinker) consumption and relatively conservative drinking attitudes. Contextual evidence indicates that the limitation of public drinking opportunities in the drier regions is accompanied by more drinking in the home.