Associations of education and income with heavy drinking and problem drinking among men: evidence from a population-based study in Japan.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 100968562 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1471-2458 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14712458 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMC Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: London : BioMed Central, [2001-
    • Subject Terms:
      Educational Status* ; Income*; Alcohol Drinking/*epidemiology ; Alcoholism/*epidemiology; Adult ; Alcohol Drinking/economics ; Alcoholism/etiology ; Humans ; Japan/epidemiology ; Male ; Marital Status ; Men's Health ; Middle Aged ; Regression Analysis ; Risk Factors ; Surveys and Questionnaires
    • Abstract:
      Background: Some studies in Western countries have suggested that education and income are differentially associated with different drinking patterns. This study aimed to examine the associations of education and income with heavy drinking and problem drinking among community-dwelling Japanese men.
      Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted in metropolitan areas in Japan from 2010 to 2011 among residents aged 25 to 50 years; valid responses were received from 2004 men. Drinking patterns were categorized as non-to-moderate drinking, non-problematic heavy drinking, and problem drinking. Multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted to determine whether educational attainment or income was associated with drinking patterns, after adjustment for age, marital status, working status, income/education, self-rated health, and psychological distress.
      Results: The study population included 84.4% non-to-moderate drinkers, 8.9% non-problematic heavy drinkers, and 6.7% problem drinkers. Lower educational attainment (high school or less) was significantly associated with increased risks of both non-problematic heavy drinking (odds ratio [OR], 1.80; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.21-2.67) and problem drinking (OR, 2.06; 95% CI, 1.34-3.16), compared with university education or higher. Lower income (lowest tertile) was significantly associated with a lower risk of non-problematic heavy drinking (OR, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.43-1.00), but not of problem drinking (OR, 0.80; 95% CI, 0.50-1.30), compared with the highest income tertile.
      Conclusions: These findings indicate that education and income are differentially associated with alcohol drinking patterns among community-dwelling Japanese men.
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    • Grant Information:
      21119002 The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan; 15K21383 The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan; H27-Lifestyle-ippan-002 The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan; 18K17397 Tthe Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Education; General population; Heavy drinking; Income; Japan; Problem drinking
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20190425 Date Completed: 20190613 Latest Revision: 20200225
    • Publication Date:
      20240628
    • Accession Number:
      PMC6480518
    • Accession Number:
      10.1186/s12889-019-6790-5
    • Accession Number:
      31014312