blackn1ght@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 7 days agoGrowing number of adults avoid booze, NHS survey suggestswww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down10
arrow-up193arrow-down1external-linkGrowing number of adults avoid booze, NHS survey suggestswww.bbc.co.ukblackn1ght@feddit.uk to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square20linkfedilink
minus-squareokwithmydecay@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·7 days agoThe article does say that income is a factor: Income also plays a role, with people living in more deprived areas tending to drink less than their more affluent neighbours.
minus-squareWarl0k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-27 days agoAh, thank you! I should have been more clear - it’s of course a factor to some nebulous degree, but I’d be extremely interested to see a study or similar on the impact income is having on alcohol consumption right now.
minus-squareKorhaka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoHow are they measuring it? I don’t buy alcohol but I drink it. Far cheaper to make my own.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 days ago people living in more deprived areas tending to drink less than their more affluent neighbours. Not where I live, poor people drink a lot more, they just do without anything else.
The article does say that income is a factor:
Ah, thank you! I should have been more clear - it’s of course a factor to some nebulous degree, but I’d be extremely interested to see a study or similar on the impact income is having on alcohol consumption right now.
How are they measuring it? I don’t buy alcohol but I drink it. Far cheaper to make my own.
Not where I live, poor people drink a lot more, they just do without anything else.