Social Interaction and the Distribution of Alcohol Consumption
Journal of Drug IssuesPublished 1 January 1980
Ole‐Jørgen Skog
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Some of the explanations given for this relationship between per capita consumption of alcohol and the prevalence of heavy alcohol use are reviewed, and the so-called “contagion between persons” explanation is further developed.
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Both survey data and liver cirrhosis mortality data demonstrate the existence of a relationship between per capita consumption of alcohol and the prevalence of heavy alcohol use. The present paper reviews some of the explanations given for this relationship, and the so-called “contagion between persons” explanation is further developed. The empirical evidence for the basic assumptions of this theory is reviewed, and some predictions are derived and related to empirical facts.
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