Paljärvi Tapio, Suominen Sakari, Koskenvuo Markku, Winter Torsten, Kauhanen Jussi
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Eur J Public Health. 2009 Jun;19(3):278-84. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp007. Epub 2009 Feb 10.
This study aims to examine whether the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland differ from the Finnish-speaking majority in respect to alcohol consumption and, whether such differences could be explained by aspects of social capital measured by both individual and area level variables.
This cross-sectional dataset consisted of 17,352 Finnish speakers (baseline response rate 40%) and 2018 Swedish speakers (baseline response rate 37%), aged 25-59 years. Multilevel logistic regression models were used to analyse the differences in alcohol consumption between the language groups, and to adjust for several potential individual and area level confounders.
Finnish-speaking men and women reported more frequent drunkenness, suffered more frequent hangovers, and had alcohol-induced pass-outs significantly more often than men and women in the Swedish-speaking population. Demographic, social, or environmental factors did not explain the observed differences in drinking patterns between these groups. Active social participation, social engagement, and trust in others were significantly related to drinking patterns only among Finnish speakers, but not among Swedish speakers.
Drinking patterns are likely to have a direct impact on the health differences between the two populations, especially in relation to alcohol-related acute harm. It seems unlikely that the effect of social capital on the health differences between the two populations would be mediated through drinking patterns.
本研究旨在探讨芬兰的瑞典语少数民族在饮酒方面是否与芬兰语多数民族存在差异，以及这些差异是否可以通过个体和地区层面变量衡量的社会资本方面来解释。
这个横断面数据集由17352名芬兰语使用者（基线应答率40%）和2018名瑞典语使用者（基线应答率37%）组成，年龄在25至59岁之间。使用多水平逻辑回归模型分析语言群体之间饮酒的差异，并对几个潜在的个体和地区层面的混杂因素进行调整。
与瑞典语人群中的男性和女性相比，芬兰语男性和女性报告的醉酒频率更高，宿醉频率更高，因酒精导致昏迷的情况也明显更频繁。人口统计学、社会或环境因素并不能解释这些群体之间观察到的饮酒模式差异。积极的社会参与、社会融入和对他人的信任仅在芬兰语使用者中与饮酒模式显著相关，而在瑞典语使用者中则不然。
饮酒模式可能会对这两个人群之间的健康差异产生直接影响，尤其是与酒精相关的急性伤害方面。社会资本对这两个人群之间健康差异的影响似乎不太可能通过饮酒模式来介导。
