Socioeconomic patterning of excess alcohol consumption and binge drinking: a cross-sectional study of multilevel associations with neighbourhood deprivation.

ABSTRACT: The influence of neighbourhood deprivation on the risk of harmful alcohol consumption, measured by the separate categories of excess consumption and binge drinking, has not been studied. The study objective was to investigate the effect of neighbourhood deprivation with age, gender and socioeconomic status (SES) on (1) excess alcohol consumption and (2) binge drinking, in a representative population survey. Cross-sectional study: multilevel analysis. Wales, UK, adult population ∼2.2 million. 58 282 respondents aged 18 years and over to four successive annual Welsh Health Surveys (2003/2004-2007), nested within 32 692 households, 1839 census lower super output areas and the 22 unitary authority areas in Wales. Maximal daily alcohol consumption during the past week was categorised using the

SUBMITTER: Fone DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3641461 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature