Аннотация:
Objective: to study the relationship between the affordability of alcohol and the level of its sale, the total level of consumption, as well as the consumption of unrecorded alcohol in Russia and Belarus in the post-Soviet period.
Methods: a comparative analysis of the dynamics of the affordability of alcohol, the level of its sale, the total level of consumption, as well as the consumption of unrecorded alcohol in Russia and Belarus in the period from 1991 to 2015 was carried out. Statistical data processing (Spearman correlation analysis, linear regression analysis) was carried out using the STATISTICA 10 package.
Results: according to the results of the correlation analysis, in Russia affordability of alcohol is positively associated with the sale of alcohol (r=0,64; p<0.000) and negatively correlated with the total level of alcohol consumption (r = – 0,4; p<0.000), as well as the level of unrecorded alcohol consumption (r =-0,77; p<0,000). In Belarus, affordability of alcohol is positively associated with the sale of alcohol (r=0.80; p<0.000) and negatively correlated with the consumption of unrecorded alcohol (r = – 0.71; p<0.000). The relationship between the affordability of alcohol and the general level of alcohol consumption is not statistically significant (r =-0.22; p<0.297).
Conclusions: this study revealed the positive relationship between affordability of alcohol and the level of alcohol sales, as well as negative relationship between affordability of alcohol and unregistered alcohol consumption in Russia and Belarus.
Ключевые слова:
alcohol, affordability, sale, consumption, Russia, Belarus.