@article{ref1,
title="Trends in inequalities of alcohol-related harms among Thai households: 2007-2017",
journal="Drug and alcohol dependence",
year="2019",
author="Vichitkunakorn, Polathep and Assanangkornchai, Sawitri",
volume="204",
number="",
pages="107577-107577",
abstract="BACKGROUND: To estimate and compare the socio-economic inequities in alcohol-related harms among households in Thailand between 2007 and 2017 adjusted for socioeconomic status with the proportions of current and binge drinkers in each household. <br><br>METHODS: A secondary data analysis of the 2007 and 2017 National Cigarette and Alcohol Consumption Survey was conducted. The unit of analysis was household-level. Concentration index (CI) was used to measure household income-based inequalities in alcohol-related harms (i.e., workplace, domestic, non-domestic, financial, and drinking-and-driving) in the previous 12 months. <br><br>RESULTS: Based on data from two waves of survey (n = 66,776 in 2007 and 39,630 in 2017), the prevalence of households that had at least one member who had an alcohol-related harm event was 21.8% and 26.2% in 2007 and 2017, respectively. The highest prevalence was the drinking-and-driving domain (about 20%). The prevalence increased between 2007 and 2017 with an annual rate of change ranged from 1.2 to 4.4%. All of the CI values were negative for both survey waves, except the drink-and-driving domain in 2007. The CI values for all domains in 2017 had a larger magnitude than in 2007, except the domestic domain. For any alcohol-related harm, the CI value was not significant at +0.002 (Standard error [SE] 0.004) in 2007, but significant at -0.014 (SE 0.004) in 2017. So, the index changed around -0.016. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The poor households had a slightly greater tendency to incur harms from alcohol and there existed more inequality in the prevalence of harms in 2017 compared with 2007.<br><br>Copyright © 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0376-8716",
doi="10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107577",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107577"
}