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dc.contributor.authorRossow, Ingeborg
dc.contributor.authorMäkelä, Pia
dc.contributor.authorKerr, William C.
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-27T12:07:19Z
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-09T09:24:10Z
dc.date.available2015-03-27T12:07:19Z
dc.date.available2015-04-09T09:24:10Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationAddiction 2014, 109(9):1447-1455
dc.identifier.issn1360-0443
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/281085
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dc.description.abstractWithin-country temporal changes in alcohol consumption in the United States, Finland and Norway were examined to assess (i) whether a change in mean alcohol consumption is accompanied by a change in the prevalence of heavy drinkers, (ii) whether this mean change reflects a collective displacement in the whole distribution of consumption and (iii) whether collective displacement is found for both an upward and a downward shift in mean consumption. We applied repeated cross-sectional survey data on distribution measures for estimated annual alcohol consumption from national population sample surveys covering 30-40-year periods in two countries with increasing trends in mean consumption (Finland and Norway) and one country with decreasing trends (the United States). There was a strong positive association (P < 0.001) between changes in mean consumption and changes in the prevalence of heavy drinkers in all three countries. Moreover, a change in mean consumption was accompanied by a consumption change in the same direction in all consumer categories in all three countries, i.e. a collective displacement. The regression coefficients were approximately 1. Drinkers at all levels of consumption appear to move in concert, both up and down the consumption scale, in Finland, Norway and the United States, as predicted by Skog's theory of the collectivity of drinking cultures.
dc.description.abstractI denne studien har alkoholforskere undersøkt sammenhengen mellom endringer i gjennomsnittlig alkoholforbruk og endringer i antall stordrikkere i Norge, Finland og USA i perioden ca. 1970 til 2005. Forskerne fant sterk sammenheng mellom endringer i gjennomsnittlig alkoholforbruk og endringer i utbredelsen av stordrikkere, både i Norge, Finland og USA. En økning i det gjennomsnittlige forbruket var forbundet med en økning i antall stordrikkere. Når forbruket gikk ned, gikk antall stordrikkere ned. I USA var det en nedgang i både forbruket og antallet stordrikkere fra 1979 til 2010, mens begge deler økte i Norge og Finland. Et av studiens viktigste funn var at endringer i det gjennomsnittlige forbruket i de tre landene reflekterte endringer i forbruket til alle grupper av alkoholbrukere; ikke bare de med høyt alkoholforbruk, men også gruppene med lavt og middels alkoholforbruk. Endringer i antall stordrikkere synes altså å være del av kollektive endringer, som er representert ved det gjennomsnittlige forbruket.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.titleThe collectivity of changes in alcohol consumption revisited
dc.title.alternativeThe collectivity of changes in alcohol consumption revisited
dc.typeJournal article
dc.date.updated2015-03-27T12:07:19Z
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/add.12520
dc.identifier.cristin1129413


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