Alcohol and the economic crisis in Argentina: recent findings*

Addiction - Tập 100 Số 12 - Trang 1790-1799 - 2005
Myriam I. Munné1
1Uiversity of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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ABSTRACTAims  In 2002 Argentina participated in the GENACIS project (Gender, Alcohol, and Culture: An International Study) as one of the countries funded by the World Health Organization. Four questions about the current economic crisis in Argentina were added to the original GENACIS questionnaire in order to find out the opinions of the general population in relation to alcohol and the economic crisis.Methods  Gender differences in the answers to these questions were examined. Logistic regression was used to identify demographic, drinking pattern and drinking problems variables related significantly to responses to the economic crisis questions.Findings  During the economic crisis people stopped or reduced going to bars and instead drank at home or at friends’ homes. A large number of respondents also reported that people had changed to cheaper or lower‐quality alcoholic drinks. Women were more likely to agree with statements that the economic crisis had increased ‘escape’ drinking and required reductions in money spent on alcohol; men were more likely to agree that the crisis had led to less drinking in bars and to the purchase of cheaper or lower‐quality alcoholic beverages. Respondents who reported having significant others with drinking‐related problems were more likely to endorse all four statements about effects of the economic crisis on drinking behaviour. A qualitative approach was used to discuss themes in the general comments that were recorded by the interviewers while collecting data. A strongly moralistic attitude towards alcohol was present in these comments, especially among women.Conclusion  The findings suggest that the economic crisis in Argentina led to major changes in patterns of drinking that differed according to gender roles and other demographic variables. The long‐term effects of these changes remain to be determined as economic circumstances improve.

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Addiction

Tập 100 Số 12

1790-1799

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