Drinking patterns between men and women in two distinct Brazilian communities.
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).


METHODS
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.


CONCLUSIONS
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.
Kerr-Corrêa
Florence
F
Department of Neurology, Psychology and Psychiatry, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, SP, Brazil.
Tucci
Adriana Marcassa
AM
Hegedus
Andrea Mary
AM
Trinca
Luzia Aparecida
LA
de Oliveira
Janaina Barbosa
JB
Floripes
Tricia Maria Feitosa
TM
Kerr
Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo
LR
D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D012919:Social Behavior; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population