Effect of sociodemographic variables and vulnerability in alcohol use in university women

Abstract

Objective: to determine the effect of sociodemographic and vulnerability variables on the alcohol use of university women. Method: it is an exploratory study composed for 301 college women. Sociodemographic and vulnerability data were obtained through electronic questionnaire (CAGE, AUDIT-C, sociodemographic and vulnerability to alcohol questionnaire). The data analyze, were used the chi-square test and logistic regression. Result: this results showed that 80.4% of women showed moderate use and 19.6% showed harmful use of alcohol. The variables that showed effect in use pattern were: age of first use, socioeconomic level, kind of drink, and social network. Conclusions: we can conclude that the vulnerability factors, destiled alcohol drinks, social networks that promote beverage consumer, and onset the use between 14 and 16 years are characteristics that can promote the nocive comsumption.