Drinking Trajectories and Factors in Koreans
This study aimed to explore the drinking culture in Korea by sex, age, household type, occupation, and income level to identify demographic groups with prominent drinking behaviors and factors affecting their drinking. Furthermore, we evaluated recent changes, including those due to COVID-19, in dri...
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doaj-e97559d1591f43bdb98f94e4de752e9f2021-08-26T13:50:45ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1661-78271660-46012021-08-01188890889010.3390/ijerph18168890Drinking Trajectories and Factors in KoreansYun-Young Kim0Hyung-Joo Park1Mee-Sook Kim2Department of Social Welfare, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, KoreaDepartment of Social Welfare, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, KoreaDivision of General Education, Catholic Kkottongnae University, Cheongju 28211, KoreaThis study aimed to explore the drinking culture in Korea by sex, age, household type, occupation, and income level to identify demographic groups with prominent drinking behaviors and factors affecting their drinking. Furthermore, we evaluated recent changes, including those due to COVID-19, in drinking behavior, using data from the Korea Welfare Panel Study from 2010 to 2020. Panel analysis was performed to reveal the effects of material deprivation, depression, and sociodemographic factors on drinking behavior. We used the AUDIT 3 scale including frequency of drinking, average amount of drinking, and frequency of excessive drinking. The two characteristics of Korean drinking are consistent with the claim of the ecological system theory that humans, as social beings, drink to facilitate social communication or promote problematic drinking when social communication is difficult. Drinking among Koreans is characterized by a pattern that alternates between social drinking and problem drinking. Our study recognizes drinking as a social problem that should be managed at social as well as national levels.https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/16/8890alcohol and culturesocial drinkingproblematic drinkingecological system theory |
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This study aimed to explore the drinking culture in Korea by sex, age, household type, occupation, and income level to identify demographic groups with prominent drinking behaviors and factors affecting their drinking. Furthermore, we evaluated recent changes, including those due to COVID-19, in drinking behavior, using data from the Korea Welfare Panel Study from 2010 to 2020. Panel analysis was performed to reveal the effects of material deprivation, depression, and sociodemographic factors on drinking behavior. We used the AUDIT 3 scale including frequency of drinking, average amount of drinking, and frequency of excessive drinking. The two characteristics of Korean drinking are consistent with the claim of the ecological system theory that humans, as social beings, drink to facilitate social communication or promote problematic drinking when social communication is difficult. Drinking among Koreans is characterized by a pattern that alternates between social drinking and problem drinking. Our study recognizes drinking as a social problem that should be managed at social as well as national levels. |
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alcohol and culture social drinking problematic drinking ecological system theory |
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