Country Variations in Family Members' Informal Pressure to Drink Less

Abstract

Examines how family members in 18 countries attempt to influence each other to drink less. Data come from the GENACIS (Gender, Alcohol and Culture: an International Study) dataset (overall sample 44, 115). The percentage of people who had experienced family member pressure to drink less were compared to country abstinence rate, mean drinking volume per drinker and other societal-level factors. Countries differed greatly on proportion of drinkers having experienced family members' pressure to drink less, however, in all countries drinking women reported less pressure than drinking men in their own society. Informal pressure was exerted most often by the spouse or sexual partner, and was found to be highly correlated with the country's socioeconomic conditions.