Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Building 1, 11th Floor, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Alcohol Alcohol. 2013 May-Jun;48(3):343-8. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agt002. Epub 2013 Jan 29.
The aim of this study was to assess changes in alcohol use in the USA during the Great Recession.
Drinking participation, drinking frequency, drinking intensity, total alcohol consumption and frequency of binge drinking were assessed in a nationally representative sample of 2,050,431 US women and men aged 18 and older, interviewed between 2006 and 2010.
The prevalence of any alcohol use significantly declined during the economic recession, from 52.0% in 2006-2007 to 51.6% in 2008-2009 (P < 0.05), corresponding to 880,000 fewer drinkers (95% confidence interval [CI] 140,000 to 1.6 million). There was an increase, however, in the prevalence of frequent binging, from 4.8% in 2006-2007 to 5.1% in 2008-2009 (P < 0.01), corresponding to 770,000 more frequent bingers (95% CI 390,000 to 1.1 million). Non-Black, unmarried men under 30 years, who recently became unemployed, were at highest risk for frequent binging.
During the Great Recession there was an increase in abstention from alcohol and a rise in frequent binging.
本研究旨在评估美国大衰退期间饮酒行为的变化。
对年龄在 18 岁及以上的 2050431 名美国男女进行了一项全国代表性样本调查，评估了他们的饮酒参与度、饮酒频率、饮酒强度、总饮酒量和 binge 饮酒频率。
在经济衰退期间，任何饮酒行为的流行率均显著下降，从 2006-2007 年的 52.0%降至 2008-2009 年的 51.6%（P<0.05），这相当于减少了 88 万名饮酒者（95%置信区间 [CI] 140,000 至 160 万）。然而，频繁 binge 饮酒的流行率却有所上升，从 2006-2007 年的 4.8%上升至 2008-2009 年的 5.1%（P<0.01），这相当于增加了 77 万名频繁 binge 饮酒者（95%CI 390,000 至 110 万）。非裔、未婚、年龄在 30 岁以下、最近失业的男性风险最高。
在大衰退期间，人们对酒精的戒除有所增加，同时 binge 饮酒的频率也有所上升。
