TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender differences in sex-related alcohol expectancies in young adults from a peri-urban area in Lima, Peru
AU - Gálvez-Buccollini, Juan A.
AU - Paz-Soldán, Valerie A.
AU - Herrera, Phabiola M.
AU - Delea, Suzanne
AU - Gilman, Robert H.
PY - 2009/6
Y1 - 2009/6
N2 - Objectives. To estimate the effect of sex-related alcohol expectancies (SRAE) on hazardous drinking prevalence and examine gender differences in reporting SRAE. Methods. Trained research assistants administered part of a questionnaire to 393 men and 400 women between 18 and 30 years old from a peri-urban shantytown in Lima, Peru. The rquestions were self-administered. Two measuring instruments-one testing for hazardous drinking and one for SRAE-were used. Multivariate data analysis was performed using logistic regression. Results. Based on odds ratios adjusted for socio-demographic variables (age, marital status, education, and employment status) (n = 793), men with one or two SRAE and men with three or more SRAE were 2.3 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.4-3.8; p = 0.001) and 3.9 (95% CI = 2.1-7.3; p < 0.001) times more likely than men with no SRAE, respectively, to be hazardous drinkers. Reporting of SRAE was significantly higher in men versus women. Conclusion. In a shantytown in Lima, SRAE is associated with hazardous drinking among men, but not among women, and reporting of SRAE differs by gender.
AB - Objectives. To estimate the effect of sex-related alcohol expectancies (SRAE) on hazardous drinking prevalence and examine gender differences in reporting SRAE. Methods. Trained research assistants administered part of a questionnaire to 393 men and 400 women between 18 and 30 years old from a peri-urban shantytown in Lima, Peru. The rquestions were self-administered. Two measuring instruments-one testing for hazardous drinking and one for SRAE-were used. Multivariate data analysis was performed using logistic regression. Results. Based on odds ratios adjusted for socio-demographic variables (age, marital status, education, and employment status) (n = 793), men with one or two SRAE and men with three or more SRAE were 2.3 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.4-3.8; p = 0.001) and 3.9 (95% CI = 2.1-7.3; p < 0.001) times more likely than men with no SRAE, respectively, to be hazardous drinkers. Reporting of SRAE was significantly higher in men versus women. Conclusion. In a shantytown in Lima, SRAE is associated with hazardous drinking among men, but not among women, and reporting of SRAE differs by gender.
KW - Alcoholism
KW - Drinking behavior
KW - Peru
KW - Sexual behavior
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U2 - 10.1590/S1020-49892009000600005
DO - 10.1590/S1020-49892009000600005
M3 - Article
C2 - 19695144
AN - SCOPUS:69949131723
VL - 25
SP - 499
EP - 505
JO - Boletin de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana
JF - Boletin de la Oficina Sanitaria Panamericana
SN - 1020-4989
IS - 6
ER -