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Inequalities in alcohol consumption and cell phone use while driving motor vehicles
Jacks Soratto1, Fernanda de Oliveira Meller1, Vanessa Iribarrem Avena Miranda1
1Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense (UNESC), Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva. Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brasil.
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.
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