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. 1980 Oct;22(4):331-7.

Extent and pattern of alcohol use and alcohol-related problems in north India

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Extent and pattern of alcohol use and alcohol-related problems in north India

V K Varma et al. Indian J Psychiatry. 1980 Oct.

Abstract

A structured questionnaire was verbally administered individually to a random sample of the general population, 18 years of age and older, of rural and urban Chandigarh and of two villages in Jullundur district, Punjab. Out of a total of 1031 respondents, 23.7 percent were current users, 16.0 percent admitted of alcohol use in the past but were not current users, and 60.3 percent had never had alcoholic beverages. 19.0 percent of Chandigarh urban sample, 31.4 percent of Chandigarh rural sample and 45.9 percent of Jullundur rucal sample were current users. These findings have been discussed in terms of various socio-demographic variables.

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