Association between acculturation surrogates and alcohol consumption in rural-to-urban migrants: The PERU MIGRANT study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There is a paucity of information about the association between acculturation and alcohol consumption in rural-to-urban migrants who move to urban environments usually characterized by a higher prevalence of alcohol consumption than their rural places of origin.

Objectives

To evaluate the cross-sectional association between surrogates of acculturation and alcohol consumption in Peruvian rural-to-urban migrants; to explore the effects of sex and age at migration on these associations; and to explore this association longitudinally.

Methods

Data from the PERU MIGRANT Study, which evaluated a cohort of Peruvian rural-to-urban migrants from 2007 to 2012, were analyzed. Four acculturation surrogates were evaluated: language preference on the radio, language sp

SUBMITTER: Escobar-Agreda S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8152524 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature