Exclusive: Women in child-caring roles reported drinking more during COVID-19 pandemic | rachelclun Dana_Adele
Women reported a substantially larger increase in their drinking habits during the COVID-19 pandemic than men as they took on increased childcare duties.
The peer-reviewed report, conducted by the Australian National University with the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, found in May 22.8 per cent of women reported an increase in drinking since the start of COVID-19, and 17.9 per cent of men reported an increase.Co-author Professor Nicholas Biddle, from the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, said men and women reported different factors in their increased alcohol intake.
Professor Biddle said women's reported higher rate of caring has a stronger association with increased drinking. He said for both men and women, particularly men, psychological distress was also a major factor. Director of the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Professor Michael Farrell, said people may have started drinking more because they were at home with less structure, and increased anxiety and uncertainty.
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