TY - JOUR
T1 - The influence of societal level factors on men's and women's alcohol comsumption and alcohol problems
AU - Rahav, Giora
AU - Wilsnack, Richard
AU - Bloomfield, Kim
AU - Gmel, Gerhard
AU - Kuntsche, Sandra
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements — This research was conducted within the framework of a Concerted Action (QLG4-CT-2001-0196) funded by the Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources Programme of the European Commission. The data are also a part of the broader project, ‘Gender, Alcohol and Culture: An International Study’ (GENACIS). GENACIS is a collaborative international project affiliated with the Kettil Bruun Society for Social and Epidemiological Research on Alcohol and coordinated by GENACIS partners from the University of North Dakota, the University of Southern Denmark, Charité— University Medicine Berlin, Germany, the World Health Organization, and the Swiss Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Problems. Support for other aspects of the project comes from the US National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism/National Institutes of Health (Grant Numbers R01AA04610 and R21AA12941, Sharon C. Wilsnack, principal investigator), the World Health Organization (Maristela Monteiro and Isidore Obot, coordinators), the German Federal Ministry of Health and Social Security, and Swiss national funds. Support for individual country surveys was provided by government agencies and other national sources. Please see the introduction of this issue for a listing of country-specific funding for these analyses. Data coordinator for the GENACIS project is Gerhard Gmel, Swiss Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Problems, Lausanne, Switzerland. The Institute for Social Research at Tel Aviv University helped in the analysis of the data for the present report. This study was carried out with the cooperation of Irmgard Eisenbach-Stangl, Austria; Ladislav Csemy, Czech Republic; Pia Mäkelä, Finland; Francois Beck, France; Ludwig Kraus, Germany; Zsuzsanna Elekes, Hungary; Allaman Allamani, Italy; Ronald Knibbe, The Netherlands; Sturla Nordlund, Norway; Karin Helmersson-Bergmark, Sweden; Moira Plant, United Kingdom; Gerhard Gmel, Switzerland; Florence Kerr-Correa, Brazil; Antonio Vidal Infer, Spain; Maria Elena Medina Mora, Mexico; Myriam Munné, Argentina; Raquel Magri, Uruguay; Julio Bejarano, Costa Rica; Akanidomo Ibanga, Nigeria; Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye, Uganda; Siri Hettige, Sri Lanka; Hildigunnur Ólafsdóttir, Iceland; Thomas Greenfield, USA; and Shinji Shimizu, Japan.
PY - 2006/10
Y1 - 2006/10
N2 - Aims: To identify the pattern of gender differences in drinking across societies, and to its association with other societal characteristics. Methods: The aggregated results of GENACIS project surveys in 29 countries were examined and were compared with other characteristics of these societies. Results: In all the participating societies men's drinking was more prevalent and heavier than women's drinking. Differences between countries in the gender gap in drinking were strongly associated with women's position in society, as well as with modernization. Similar results were obtained for indicators of alcohol's adverse consequences. Conclusions: Gender differences should be studied not only as individual behaviours, but also as societal traits, associated with other characteristics of the social system.
AB - Aims: To identify the pattern of gender differences in drinking across societies, and to its association with other societal characteristics. Methods: The aggregated results of GENACIS project surveys in 29 countries were examined and were compared with other characteristics of these societies. Results: In all the participating societies men's drinking was more prevalent and heavier than women's drinking. Differences between countries in the gender gap in drinking were strongly associated with women's position in society, as well as with modernization. Similar results were obtained for indicators of alcohol's adverse consequences. Conclusions: Gender differences should be studied not only as individual behaviours, but also as societal traits, associated with other characteristics of the social system.
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U2 - 10.1093/alcalc/agl075
DO - 10.1093/alcalc/agl075
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C2 - 17030503
AN - SCOPUS:33749642284
SN - 0735-0414
VL - 41
SP - i47-i55
JO - Alcohol and Alcoholism
JF - Alcohol and Alcoholism
IS - SUPPL. 1
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