DIFFERENT ALCOHOL TYPES - DIFFERENT MODES OF DRINKING - THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ALCOHOL TYPE PREFERENCES AND INDICATORS FOR REGULAR DRINKING AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN ZIMBABWE
Ah. Eide et Sw. Acuda, DIFFERENT ALCOHOL TYPES - DIFFERENT MODES OF DRINKING - THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ALCOHOL TYPE PREFERENCES AND INDICATORS FOR REGULAR DRINKING AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN ZIMBABWE, Journal of child & adolescent substance abuse, 5(4), 1996, pp. 15-34
A classroom survey among 3061 secondary school students in four provin
ces in Zimbabwe aimed at enabling analysis of social and cultural pred
ictors for use of alcohol and other drugs. The present paper focuses o
n the relationship between choice of different alcohol types and two i
ndicators for regular drinking. A two-stage sampling strategy distingu
ished between four different sociocultural subgroups. Measures on expe
rience with different alcohol types were subject to a principal compon
ent analysis, revealing one imported (or western) alcohol component an
d one traditional (or indigenous) alcohol component with the industria
lly produced opaque beer Chibuku loading on both. Multiple logistic re
gression revealed experience with western alcohol types to be associat
ed with indicators for frequent drinking as well as experience with be
ing drunk. Experience with use of the traditional alcohol types was no
t associated with self-reported experience with being drunk. Use of Ch
ibuku was, however, associated with such experience for boys. It is su
ggested that an integration of traditional and western drinking cultur
e represents reduced danger for socially disruptive modes of drinking
among adolescents as compared to a one-sided adoption of western patte
rns.