Individual and household-level socioeconomic position is associated with harmful alcohol consumption behaviours among adults

Abstract

Aim: To examine associations between individual-, household-and neighbourhood-level socioeconomic position (SEP) and harmful alcohol consumption. Method: Adults aged 18-76 residing in 50 neighbourhoods in Melbourne completed a postal questionnaire (n= 2349, 58.7% response rate). Alcoholrelated behaviours were classifed by risk of short-and long-term harm. Individual-, household-and neighbourhood-level SEP were ascertained by education, household income and proportion of low-income households, respectively. The association were examined by multi-level logistic regression. Results: Participants lower education or household income were less likely to consume alcohol frequently compared to their..