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

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.