“Factores sociodemográficos asociados al consumo de alcohol en estudiantes de carreras técnicas”

Abstract

The purpose of this research project is to identify the sociodemographic factors associated with alcohol consumption, as specific objectives to analyze alcohol consumption according to gender, age and place of birth; predict the sociodemographic factors associated with increased alcohol consumption and describe the sociodemographic factors such as marital status, family, academic, social, economic and health access problems. This research is quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional and non-experimental, the instruments used for data collection were the Questionnaire for the Identification of Disorders due to Alcohol Consumption (AUDIT) adapted to the Ecuadorian population and a record sociodemographic, both were applied to 166 students of technical careers. The results obtained were that academic and family problems are related to alcohol consumption; there is a statistically significant difference in the consumption of alcohol related to gender; Family problems are a predictor of alcohol consumption and the highest percentage in the description of sociodemographic factors was found in family, social, academic and economic problems.