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The socioeconomic distribution of alcohol-related violence in England and Wales
Inequalities in alcohol-related health harms have been repeatedly identified. However, the socioeconomic distribution of alcohol-related violence (violence committed by a person under the influence of alcohol)–and of subtypes such as alcohol-related domestic violence–remains under-examined. To exami...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7891736/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33600492 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243206 |
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description | Inequalities in alcohol-related health harms have been repeatedly identified. However, the socioeconomic distribution of alcohol-related violence (violence committed by a person under the influence of alcohol)–and of subtypes such as alcohol-related domestic violence–remains under-examined. To examine this, data are drawn from nationally representative victimisation survey, the Crime Survey for England and Wales, from years 2013/14 to 2017/18. Socioeconomic status specific incidence and prevalence rates for alcohol-related violence (including subtypes domestic, stranger, and acquaintance violence) were created. Binomial logistic regressions were performed to test whether the likelihood of experiencing these incidents was affected by socioeconomic status when controlling for a range of pre-established risk factors associated with violence victimisation. Findings generally show lower socioeconomic groups experience higher prevalence rates of alcohol-related violence overall, and higher incidence and prevalence rates for alcohol-related domestic and acquaintance violence. Binomial logistic regression results show that the likelihood of experiencing these types of violence is affected by a person’s socioeconomic status–even when other risk factors known to be associated with violence are held constant. Along with action to address environmental and economic drivers of socioeconomic inequality, provision of publicly funded domestic violence services should be improved, and alcohol pricing and availability interventions should be investigated for their potential to disproportionately benefit lower socioeconomic groups. |
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spelling | pubmed-78917362021-03-01 The socioeconomic distribution of alcohol-related violence in England and Wales Bryant, Lucy Lightowlers, Carly PLoS One Research Article Inequalities in alcohol-related health harms have been repeatedly identified. However, the socioeconomic distribution of alcohol-related violence (violence committed by a person under the influence of alcohol)–and of subtypes such as alcohol-related domestic violence–remains under-examined. To examine this, data are drawn from nationally representative victimisation survey, the Crime Survey for England and Wales, from years 2013/14 to 2017/18. Socioeconomic status specific incidence and prevalence rates for alcohol-related violence (including subtypes domestic, stranger, and acquaintance violence) were created. Binomial logistic regressions were performed to test whether the likelihood of experiencing these incidents was affected by socioeconomic status when controlling for a range of pre-established risk factors associated with violence victimisation. Findings generally show lower socioeconomic groups experience higher prevalence rates of alcohol-related violence overall, and higher incidence and prevalence rates for alcohol-related domestic and acquaintance violence. Binomial logistic regression results show that the likelihood of experiencing these types of violence is affected by a person’s socioeconomic status–even when other risk factors known to be associated with violence are held constant. Along with action to address environmental and economic drivers of socioeconomic inequality, provision of publicly funded domestic violence services should be improved, and alcohol pricing and availability interventions should be investigated for their potential to disproportionately benefit lower socioeconomic groups. Public Library of Science 2021-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7891736/ /pubmed/33600492 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243206 Text en © 2021 Bryant, Lightowlers http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Bryant, Lucy Lightowlers, Carly The socioeconomic distribution of alcohol-related violence in England and Wales |
title | The socioeconomic distribution of alcohol-related violence in England and Wales |
title_full | The socioeconomic distribution of alcohol-related violence in England and Wales |
title_fullStr | The socioeconomic distribution of alcohol-related violence in England and Wales |
title_full_unstemmed | The socioeconomic distribution of alcohol-related violence in England and Wales |
title_short | The socioeconomic distribution of alcohol-related violence in England and Wales |
title_sort | socioeconomic distribution of alcohol-related violence in england and wales |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7891736/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33600492 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243206 |
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