Cochrane R, Howell M
School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 1995 May;30(3):139-46. doi: 10.1007/BF00802043.
The limited amount of evidence available from mortality statistics, mental hospital in-patient admission rates and community surveys appears to indicate that people of African-Caribbean origin resident in Britain have fewer alcohol-related problems than the white population. However, there are no systematic data on the normal drinking habits of random and representative samples of the black population of Britain, or the true extent of alcohol-related problems in the whole population. A survey of the drinking habits and alcohol-related problems of random samples of 200 black men and 170 white men from the Birmingham and Wolverhampton areas is reported. Black men were much less likely to report regular drinking and to report drinking large amounts of alcohol. They were far less likely to have got drunk in the past year, and scored lower on most items of an Alcohol Problems Scale. Age was the only demographic variable associated with drinking levels in both groups, and the link was more tenuous in the black than the white group. There were no generational differences found. Religious observance and belonging to a Pentecostal Church were found to be major differences between the black and white groups, and strongly associated with moderation in relation to alcohol.
从死亡率统计数据、精神病院住院率和社区调查中获得的有限证据似乎表明，居住在英国的非裔加勒比裔人群与酒精相关的问题比白人少。然而，对于英国黑人随机且具有代表性样本的正常饮酒习惯，或者整个人口中与酒精相关问题的真实程度，并没有系统性数据。本文报告了一项对来自伯明翰和伍尔弗汉普顿地区的200名黑人男性和170名白人男性随机样本的饮酒习惯及与酒精相关问题的调查。黑人男性报告经常饮酒和大量饮酒的可能性要小得多。他们在过去一年中喝醉的可能性要小得多，并且在酒精问题量表的大多数项目上得分较低。年龄是两组中与饮酒水平相关的唯一人口统计学变量，而且在黑人组中这种关联比白人组更不紧密。未发现代际差异。宗教仪式和属于五旬节教会被发现是黑人和白人组之间的主要差异，并且与适度饮酒密切相关。
