Socioeconomic and Environmental Factors Associated With Increased Alcohol Purchase and Consumption in 38 Countries During the Covid-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To explore changes in alcohol purchase and consumption during the first few months of the Covid-19 pandemic, and assess associations between increased alcohol purchase/use and socioeconomic and environmental factors.

Design

Secondary data from a cross-sectional online survey conducted from 17 April to 25 June 2020.

Setting

Thirty-eight countries from all continents of the world.

Participants

A total of 37,206 adults (mean age:36.7, SD:14.8, 77% female) reporting alcohol purchasing and drinking habit before and during the pandemic.

Measurements

Changes in alcohol stock-up and frequency of alcohol use during the pandemic and increased alcohol stock-up and use were stratified by gender, age, education, household structure, working status, income loss,

SUBMITTER: Kyaw Hla Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8795628 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature