Hasin D, Rahav G, Meydan J, Neumark Y
Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
J Subst Abuse. 1998;10(4):341-53. doi: 10.1016/s0899-3289(99)00010-3.
Russia has a high level of per capita alcohol consumption, while the level in Israel is low. Since 1989, over 820,000 Russian Jews immigrated to Israel. In the 1970's and early 1980's, a smaller wave of immigration from Russia to Israel occurred (approximately 170,000). The drinking of earlier immigrants was compared to recent immigrants and other Israelis.
Data came from a 1995 national survey of Israeli household residents. Of 4984 Israeli respondents, 292 were Russian immigrants who arrived since 1989 and 131 were Russians who immigrated earlier. Groups were compared with logistic regression.
Recent Russian immigrants were more likely to drink in the last 12 months, to drink frequently and to get drunk than other Israelis. The earlier Russian immigrants were not more likely than other Israelis to report drinking in the last 12 months or frequent drinking, but were more likely to report 30-day drinking and getting drunk. In direct comparison of recent and earlier Russians, recent immigrants reported more frequent drinking than earlier immigrants.
The results for drinking and frequency of drinking are consistent with acculturation effects as well as other explanations. Further investigation in studies with appropriate designs will be necessary to clarify the meaning of these results.
俄罗斯人均酒精消费量较高，而以色列的这一水平较低。自1989年以来，超过82万俄罗斯犹太人移民到以色列。在20世纪70年代和80年代初，也有一小波俄罗斯人移民到以色列（约17万）。研究将早期移民的饮酒情况与近期移民以及其他以色列人进行了比较。
数据来自1995年对以色列家庭居民的全国性调查。在4984名以色列受访者中，292人是1989年以来抵达的俄罗斯移民，131人是更早时期移民来的俄罗斯人。通过逻辑回归对各组进行比较。
与其他以色列人相比，近期俄罗斯移民在过去12个月内饮酒、频繁饮酒和醉酒的可能性更大。早期俄罗斯移民在过去12个月内饮酒或频繁饮酒的可能性并不比其他以色列人高，但在过去30天内饮酒和醉酒的可能性更大。在对近期和早期俄罗斯移民的直接比较中，近期移民报告的饮酒频率高于早期移民。
饮酒及饮酒频率的结果与文化适应效应以及其他解释一致。需要在设计合理的研究中进行进一步调查，以阐明这些结果的意义。
