title: Do christian denominations exhibit higher rates of alcohol consumption? A study of Korean American women in California.
abstract: Although Korean American women show high levels of involvement in religious practices and high prevalence of alcohol consumption, no studies have assessed the association between religious denomination and alcohol intake among this group of women. This cross-sectional study examined the associations of religious denomination and religious commitment to alcohol consumption among Korean American women in California. Polychotomous regression models were used to provide estimates of the associations between religious denomination and religious commitment to alcohol consumption. Catholic Korean American women (OR 5.61 P < 0.01) and Independent Christian women (OR 4.87 P < 0.01) showed stronger associations to heavy alcohol consumption when compared to Conservative Christian Korean American women. Path analysis suggested that specific denominations had both direct and indirect effects on the outcome of interest, and that religious commitment and drinking models served as moderators for this phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: D Eastern
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Kang Sim
authors.forename: C Richard
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Hofstetter
authors.forename: Veronica L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Irvin
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Ayers
authors.forename: Caroline A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Macera
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: Melbourne F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Hovell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D001213:Asian / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002140:California; D002410:Catholicism; D002835:Christianity; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013695:Temperance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014175:Translating