Drinking and acquisition of unrecorded alcohol across educational groups in Sweden.
Drug Alcohol Rev
; 41(1): 167-170, 2022 01.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
It is estimated that 18.5% of total alcohol consumption in Sweden in 2018 was unrecorded. However, little is known about the socio-economic profile of consumers of unrecorded alcohol. The aim of this study was to elucidate this issue by analysing data from a unique Swedish national repeated cross-sectional alcohol use survey.METHODS:
Individual-level information on alcohol consumption and socio-economic status (SES) for the years 2013-2018 was retrieved from the Monitoring Project; a nationally representative monthly alcohol use survey. The analytical sample comprised 64 375 respondents aged 25-74 years. SES was measured by educational level. We used three educational groups (i) low (<10 years); (ii) intermediate (10-12 years); and (iii) high (13+ years). We included indicators of the following sources of unrecorded alcohol consumption travellers' import, smuggled alcohol, home production, internet and illicit home-distilling. We estimated adjusted SES-specific means of the various forms of unrecorded consumption. The means were adjusted for the effects of age, sex and region.RESULTS:
There were no significant educational differences in the total of unrecorded alcohol consumption; the same holds true for home-production and internet. However, with respect to smuggled and home-distilling, a statistically significant educational gradient was observed with the lowest educational group scoring approximately four times higher than the highest. DISCUSSION ANDCONCLUSIONS:
Our findings suggest that there are no differences across educational groups in the consumption of unrecorded alcohol as a whole. However, consumption of smuggled alcohol and illicitly distilled spirits is elevated in the low educational group.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Consumo de Bebidas Alcoólicas
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Bebidas Alcoólicas
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Drug Alcohol Rev
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article