Changes in tobacco and alcohol consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic in India: a propensity score matching approach.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The COVID-19 pandemic may have influenced alcohol and tobacco consumption in low-income and middle-income countries, yet the effects are relatively unknown. In this study, we estimated the medium-term effects of the pandemic on tobacco and alcohol consumption in India.

Methods

We used data from the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey 2019-2021, a nationally representative survey conducted between June 2019 and April 2021. We employed propensity score matching to evaluate the change in tobacco and alcohol consumption patterns by exploiting the gap in survey activities due to the pandemic lockdown-no data collection took place from April to October 2020. Individuals surveyed after the lockdown were considered COVID-19-affected, while those surveyed befo

SUBMITTER: Summan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11603733 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature