Sources of Variability in Quantitative Levels of Alcohol Use in a Total Community: Sociodemographic and Psychosocial Correlates

ANNE M Edward; M ANTHONY Schork; ERNEST Harburg; PATRICIA P Moll; Trudy L Burns; FERIDUN Ozgoren

doi:10.1093/ije/15.1.82

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Sources of Variability in Quantitative Levels of Alcohol Use in a Total Community: Sociodemographic and Psychosocial Correlates

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Sources of Variability in Quantitative Levels of Alcohol Use in a Total Community: Sociodemographic and Psychosocial Correlates

ANNE M Edward, M ANTHONY Schork, ERNEST Harburg, PATRICIA P Moll, Trudy L Burns and FERIDUN Ozgoren

International journal of epidemiology, Vol.15(1), pp.82-90

03/1986

DOI: 10.1093/ije/15.1.82

PMID: 3957546

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Abstract

This article describes the transformation of reported alcohol consumption into a quantitative variable, Standardized Alcohol Intake (SAI), which is used to investigate various sociodemographic and psychosocial factors as correlates of alcohol use in a total community sample (N = 1672), in Tecumseh, Michigan. Statistically significant relations were obtained between alcohol usage and marital status, education, smoking status, and church attendance with the latter accounting for the 15% of the variability in drinking. On measures of personality, SAI was positively and significantly associated with level of activity, sociability, impulsivity, and extraversion. For drinkers, their attitudes toward drinking and changes in mood varied significantly in relation to the amount consumed. These findings are important and necessary for the appropriate control of these correlates in the future study of familial aggregation of SAI in the Tecumseh community.

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Title: Subtitle: Sources of Variability in Quantitative Levels of Alcohol Use in a Total Community: Sociodemographic and Psychosocial Correlates
Creators: ANNE M Edward - Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan Michigan, USA
M ANTHONY Schork - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
ERNEST Harburg - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
PATRICIA P Moll - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Trudy L Burns - Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, University of lowa
FERIDUN Ozgoren - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: International journal of epidemiology, Vol.15(1), pp.82-90
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/ije/15.1.82
PMID: 3957546
ISSN: 0300-5771
eISSN: 1464-3685
Language: English
Date published: 03/1986
Academic Unit: Epidemiology; Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center
Record Identifier: 9984364407702771

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