PMID- 35934516
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20221115
LR  - 20221115
IS  - 1464-3502 (Electronic)
IS  - 0735-0414 (Linking)
VI  - 57
IP  - 6
DP  - 2022 Nov 11
TI  - How and What are Indians Drinking? Findings from the National Family Health 
      Survey.
PG  - 674-677
LID - 10.1093/alcalc/agac035 [doi]
AB  - AIMS: To assess recent changes in the extent and pattern of alcohol use in India 
      using the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data. METHODS: We used unit-level 
      data from both rounds of NFHS. The pattern of alcohol use was categorized as: 
      'almost every day', 'almost once a week' and 'less than once a week'. The 
      information was segregated for the urban and rural settings. Information was also 
      available on the type of alcoholic beverage used by the respondents. The z test 
      for differences in proportions was carried out for the study variables. RESULTS: 
      Findings suggest a 22.37 and 39.02% reduction in the proportion of men and women 
      who reported alcohol use, respectively. The proportion of men reporting 'almost 
      every day' and 'about once a week' consumption of alcohol increased by 24.19 and 
      7.14%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: With the caveats of expected limitations of 
      surveys, the findings suggest an overall decrease in alcohol use in India, though 
      the proportion of men with more frequent alcohol has increased. There is a need 
      to strengthen the investment in the initiatives targeted at the harms due to 
      alcohol use.
CI  - (c) The Author(s) 2022. Medical Council on Alcohol and Oxford University Press. All 
      rights reserved.
FAU - Balhara, Yatan Pal Singh
AU  - Balhara YPS
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1616-6403
AD  - National Drug Dependence Treatment Center and Department of Psychiatry, All India 
      Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
FAU - Singh, Prashant Kumar
AU  - Singh PK
AD  - Division of Preventive Oncology & Population Health, ICMR - National Institute of 
      Cancer Prevention & Research (NICPR), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 
      Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India, Noida, UP, India.
AD  - WHO Global Knowledge Hub on Smokeless Tobacco, ICMR - National Institute of 
      Cancer Prevention & Research (NICPR), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 
      Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India, Noida, UP, India.
FAU - Sarkar, Siddharth
AU  - Sarkar S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3827-1549
AD  - National Drug Dependence Treatment Center and Department of Psychiatry, All India 
      Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
FAU - Chattopadhyay, Ankita
AU  - Chattopadhyay A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9313-1717
AD  - National Drug Dependence Treatment Center and Department of Psychiatry, All India 
      Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.
FAU - Singh, Shalini
AU  - Singh S
AD  - ICMR - National Institute of Cancer Prevention & Research (NICPR), Indian Council 
      of Medical Research (ICMR), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India, 
      Noida, UP, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Alcohol Alcohol
JT  - Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
JID - 8310684
RN  - 3K9958V90M (Ethanol)
SB  - IM
MH  - Male
MH  - Humans
MH  - Female
MH  - *Alcohol Drinking/epidemiology
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - *Ethanol
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Health Surveys
EDAT- 2022/08/08 06:00
MHDA- 2022/11/16 06:00
CRDT- 2022/08/07 21:12
PHST- 2022/05/27 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/07/19 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/07/21 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/08/08 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/11/16 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/08/07 21:12 [entrez]
AID - 6657661 [pii]
AID - 10.1093/alcalc/agac035 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Alcohol Alcohol. 2022 Nov 11;57(6):674-677. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agac035.