TY - JOUR PY - 2022// TI - Inequalities in alcohol consumption and cell phone use while driving motor vehicles JO - Revista gaúcha de enfermagem A1 - Soratto, Jacks A1 - Meller, Fernanda de Oliveira A1 - Miranda, Vanessa Iribarrem Avena A1 - Tomasi, Cristiane Damiani A1 - Temporão, Jose Gomes A1 - Schäfer, Antônio Augusto SP - e20210161 EP - e20210161 VL - 43 IS - N2 - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate social inequalities of Brazilians in alcohol consumption and cell phone use while driving motor vehicles.

METHODS: Cross-sectional study conducted with people who drive (n=23,474) in 2019. The outcomes adopted were cell phone use and alcohol consumption while driving, associated with the variables gender, age group, skin color, education and macro-region of housing and analyzed using the slope index of inequality using logistic regression.

RESULTS: The inequalities related to alcohol consumption and driving were identified in adults with brown skin color (7.8) linked to the North region (6.8). As for cell phone use while driving, they were higher for the younger age group (19.4) and individuals with higher education (27.1).

CONCLUSION: Cell phone use and alcohol consumption while driving motor vehicles have social inequalities regarding the age group and education, and skin color and macro-region respectively. Keywords: Ethanol impaired driving; Distracted driving; Driver distraction

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LA - pt SN - 0102-6933 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1983-1447.2022.20210161.en ID - ref1 ER -