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KMID : 0915820020030010111
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Journal of Korean Alcohol Science
2002 Volume.3 No. 1 p.111 ~ p.130
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Problem Drinking and Related Factors among Adults in Korea
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Shin Myoung-Shik
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Abstract
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This study aims to describe drinking behaviors and to identify factors correlated with problem drinking among adults in Korea based on a nationwide representative sample of the 1998 National Survey on Health and Nutrition of Korea. Adults of aged 20 and over(N=10,773) were used for this study.
Major findings were as follows. About 13.1% of the respondent was identified as problem drinker. The percentage of problem drinking was high(26.9%) among male respondents aged 40-64 year, while for female respondents, the percentage was high(4.5%) among respondents aged 20-39 years. The problem drinking was highly correlated with depress, stress, smoking, and drinking behavior related factor such as frequency of drinking, amount of drinking and age at first drinking.
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KEYWORD
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Drinking behavior, problem drinking, life cycle, alcohol, drinking
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