A Cross-sectional Study in an Urban Slum of Meerut on Education of the Head of the Family as an Important Deteminant of Alcohol Use
Rashmi Katyal, Vijender Agrawal, Rahul Bansal, Kapil Goel, Varsha Chaudhary
Annual Research & Review in Biology · pp. 392–398 · Published 19 Oct 2013
10.9734/ARRB/2014/4992Abstract
Objective: To assess the association between the education of the head of the family and alcohol use. Study Design: A community based cross-sectional study. Participants: All males aged ≥15 years. Sampling: Simple Random Sampling Technique. Statistical Analyses: Data was analysed by using appropriate statistical tests by SPSS 19.0 version and the results were expressed in proportions. Chi-square test was used and if the cell frequency was less than 5, the result was obtained by Fischer’s Exact test. Results: The association between education of the head of the family and alcohol use is statistically significant (p-value 0.026). The type and the size of the family hold no statistically significant association with alcohol use. Conclusion: It can be very well concluded that as an educated head of the family has an impact on the use of addicting substances.
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