Neighbourhood deprivation and alcohol consumption: does the availability of alcohol play a role?
Author(s) -
Craig Evan Pollack,
Catherine Cubbin,
David Ahn,
Marilyn A. Winkleby
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyi026
Subject(s) - neighbourhood (mathematics) , alcohol consumption , alcohol , environmental health , consumption (sociology) , medicine , psychology , sociology , biology , biochemistry , mathematics , mathematical analysis , social science
Previous studies suggest that the physical availability of alcohol may mediate the association between neighbourhood-level material deprivation and alcohol consumption. This study tests the relationships between neighbourhood-level deprivation, alcohol availability, and individual-level alcohol consumption using a multilevel analysis.
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