Drinking patterns between men and women in two distinct Brazilian communities

• Autor(a) principal: Kerr-Corrêa,Florence
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Tucci,Adriana Marcassa, Hegedus,Andrea Mary, Trinca,Luzia Aparecida, Oliveira,Janaina Barbosa de, Floripes,Tricia Maria Feitosa, Kerr,Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry (São Paulo. 1999. Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462008000300010
• topic: Women; Men; Alcoholic intoxication; Epidemiology; Research

OBJECTIVE: A survey was conducted to compare gender differences in patterns of drinking in two stratified, urban and representative samples from two communities (B and RJr). METHOD: The Genacis (Gender, Alcohol, and Culture: an International Study) questionnaire was used. RESULTS: There were several significant differences in the demographics and patterns of alcohol use between these two samples. One had an older, more Catholic, educated, Caucasian population, with more women in the labor force. Data from B community showed that women and men had similar patterns of drinking. RJr had much higher use of alcohol among men, and almost 22% of those under 49 years old were binge drinkers. DISCUSSION: Access, smoking, income and having a heavy drinker partner were important risk factors for women's drinking. CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that when women's roles become more similar to men's, so do their drinking patterns.