TITLE:
The Differences in Alcohol Use between Urban and Rural Students of Inner Mongolia Medical University, China
AUTHORS:
Zhihui Hao, Peng Qin, Yongjun Xu, Qingxia Wang, Hairong Zhang, Yun Li, Yueling Hu, Xiaodong Bi, Juan Sun
KEYWORDS:
Alcohol Use, Urban, Rural, Medical Students
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Epidemiology,
Vol.6 No.2,
May
24,
2016
ABSTRACT: Objective: The purpose of this study was to
evaluate the difference in alcohol use between urban and rural students of
Inner Mongolia Medical University. Methods: A cross-sectional census was conducted
on medical students on campus in 2013. We use multivariate logistic regression
models to assess the factors associated with alcohol use. We further use chi-square
test assess on differences in alcohol use between urban and rural people among
significance factors in logistic regression models. Results: The prevalence of
alcohol use among students in rural area was higher than that in urban area (p
= 0.016). Alcohol use was associated with Gender, monthly expenses, residence,
ethnic and faculty. The odds of alcohol use for Mongolia students were 1.139
times higher than that for Han students. The prevalence of alcohol consumption
among students from pharmacy or Traditional Chinese Medicine and Mongolian
Medicine faculties in rural area was higher than that among student in urban
area (p = 0.03; p = 0.001). The prevalence of alcohol use among female students
in rural area was higher than that among female students in urban area (p