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- Title
Gender differences in sex-related alcohol expectancies in young adults from a peri-urban area in Lima, Peru.
- Authors
Gálvez-Buccollini, Juan A.; Paz-Soldán, Valerie A.; Herrera, Phabiola M.; DeLea, Suzanne; Gilman, Robert H.
- Abstract
Objectives. To estimate the effect of sex-related alcohol expectancies (SRAE) on hazardous drinking prevalence and examine gender differences in reporting SRAE. Methods. Trained research assistants administered part of a questionnaire to 393 men and 400 women between 18 and 30 years old from a peri-urban shantytown in Lima, Peru. The remaining questions were self-administered. Two measuring instruments-one testing for hazardous drinking and one for SRAE-were used. Multivariate data analysis was performed using logistic regression. Results. Based on odds ratios adjusted for socio-demographic variables (age, marital status, education, and employment status) (n = 793), men with one or two SRAE and men with three or more SRAE were 2.3 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.4-3.8; p = 0.001) and 3.9 (95% CI = 2.1-7.3; p < 0.001) times more likely than men with no SRAE, respectively, to be hazardous drinkers. Reporting of SRAE was significantly higher in men versus women. Conclusion. In a shantytown in Lima, SRAE is associated with hazardous drinking among men, but not among women, and reporting of SRAE differs by gender.
- Subjects
LIMA (Peru); PERU; YOUNG adults; ALCOHOL drinking; SEX differences (Biology); MULTIVARIATE analysis; SOCIAL history
- Publication
Pan American Journal of Public Health / Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2009, Vol 25, Issue 6, p499
- ISSN
1020-4989
- Publication type
Article