Food and Alcohol Access in Neighborhoods of Varying Socioeconomic Status

Food and Alcohol Access in Neighborhoods of Varying Socioeconomic Status

Our study examined the relationship between food and alcohol access by neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) in a large urban county in Minnesota (n=298 census tracts). We hypothesized that the number of food stores would be negatively associated with the number of liquor stores in each census tra...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of alcohol and drug education 2012-12, Vol.56 (3), p.77-92
Hauptverfasser: Shimotsu, Scott T., Jones-Webb, Rhonda J., Nelson, Toben F., MacLehose, Richard F., Lytle, Leslie A., Forster, Jean L., Van Riper, David C.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Alcoholism
Community Relations
Drinking
Economic aspects
Ethnicity
Family Income
Food habits
Grocery stores
Health aspects
Health Behavior
Liquor stores
Low Income
Neighborhoods
Risk factors
Social class
Social classes
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomic Status
Studies
Supermarkets
Urban Areas
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Zusammenfassung:Our study examined the relationship between food and alcohol access by neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) in a large urban county in Minnesota (n=298 census tracts). We hypothesized that the number of food stores would be negatively associated with the number of liquor stores in each census tract, and that the negative relationship between food and alcohol access would be stronger in poorer neighborhoods. Poisson regression was used to estimate effects. We found that the relationship between food and alcohol access differed by neighborhood SES, with higher income neighborhoods having more supermarkets and grocery stores and liquor stores (RR=1.47; p
ISSN:0090-1482
2162-4119