Alcohol-related problems among Aboriginal drinkers in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
The paper reports on the prevalence of alcohol-related problems among drinkers in a stratified random sample of the adult Aboriginal population of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Subjects were 265 current drinkers who were identified in the total sample of 516 Kimberley Aboriginal men and women over the age of 15 years. Participants' reports were obtained on their frequency and quantity of alcohol consumption, and their lifetime experience of 16 alcohol-related problems. The majority of Aboriginal drinkers in the Kimberley consumed harmful amounts of alcohol, and there was a high prevalence of the 16 alcohol-related problems which showed a high degree of internal coherence, with the first principal component accounting for 45% of the total variance. The number of alcohol-related problems which respondents reported was strongly related to the quantity and frequency of self-reported alcohol consumption.
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National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Western Australia.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003469:Culture; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
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