Katyal, Rashmi and Agrawal, Vijender and Bansal, Rahul and Goel, Kapil and Chaudhary, Varsha (2013) 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. Annual Research & Review in Biology, 4 (2). pp. 392-398. ISSN 2347565X
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Abstract
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.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | Eprints STM archive > Biological Science |
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Date Deposited: | 11 Oct 2023 05:27 |
Last Modified: | 11 Oct 2023 05:27 |
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