Aborigines who abstain from alcohol, 1990-1993: File p02

Patients at Perth Aboriginal Medical Service (PAMS) and Carnarvon Aboriginal Medical Service were invited to take part in a study about alcohol and health and why some people don't drink alcohol.

A sample of patients aged 15 years and over took part in the first part of the study, which involved a short interview. Basic demographic data were collected, and questions were asked about drinking and smoking. A sub-sample of patients took part in a second survey. This involved a much longer interview about their life and health, and reasons for drinkng and not drinking.

Background variables collected in the first interview included: sex, age, birthplace, usual residence, marital status, children, education, income and employment.

Dataset ID:

au.edu.anu.ada.ddi.00822-p02

Principal Investigator:

Kamien, M.

Subject:

Australian studies

Health

Drug abuse, alcohol and smoking

Keywords:

Aborigines

Alcohol

Alcohol abuse.

Document Description

The Document Description consists of bibliographic information describing the DDI-compliant document itself as a whole.

Document Title:

Aborigines who abstain from alcohol, 1990-1993: File p02

Document ID:

au.edu.anu.ada.ddi.00822-p02

Production

Production Place:

Australian Data Archive 18 Balmain Crescent Canberra ACT 0200

Production Date:

29 Aug 1995

Bibliographic Citation:

Kamien, M. Aborigines who abstain from alcohol, 1990-1993 [computer file]. Canberra: Australian Data Archive, The Australian National University, .

Study Description

The Study Description consists of information about the data collection, study, or compilation that the DDI-compliant documentation file describes. This section includes information about how the study should be cited, who collected or compiled the data, who distributes the data, keywords about the content of the data, summary (abstract) of the content of the data, data collection methods and processing, etc. Note that some content of the Study Description's Citation -- e.g., Responsibility Statement -- may be identical to that of the Documentation Citation. This is usually the case when the producer of a data collection also produced the print or electronic codebook for that data collection.

Production

Production Date:

Fri, 08/27/2004

Distribution

Distributors

Distributor:

The Australian National University

Abbreviation:

ADA

Contact Persons:

Ilse Blignault
Departemnt of General Practice
University of Western Australia
328 Stirling Highway
Nedlands WA 6010

Affiliation:

University of Western Australia

Depositor:

Ilse Blignault Departemnt of General Practice University of Western Australia 328 Stirling Highway Nedlands WA 6010

Affiliation:

University of Western Australia

Deposit Date:

Tue, 08/29/1995

Version Statement

Responsibility Statement:

Australian Data Archive

Study Information

Research Collection Date:

Mon, 10/01/1990 to Sun, 12/01/1991

Thu, 06/01/1922 to Mon, 03/01/1993

Universe:

samples of Aborigines aged 15 years and over were recruited from patients attending the AMS in Perth and Carnarvon. First, a large sample of Aboriginal, adult patients, nearly 400 in each community, were administered the first interview. To be eligible for inclusion patients had to consider themselves to be Aboriginal, aged 15 years or older and resident in that community. For people fulfilling these criteria the only exclusion criteria were severe cognitive impairment, e.g. brain damage or intoxication, or acute illness which would make an interview impossible.

Kind of Data:

survey

Methodology

Time Method:

cross-sectional survey with second detailed interview administered to subsample.

Data Collector:

Ilse Blignault, Research Officer Clive Ryder, Research Assistant for Carnarvon study

Sampling Procedure:

First interview: no sampling (Perth Sample); simple random sample (Carnarvon sample). Second interview: stratified random sample. The second interview was sought with a stratified subsample of the total sample. Stratification was based on sex (female, male), age (15-29 years, 30 years or older) and drinking status (lifetime abstainer, long-standing ex-drinker, new ex-drinker, safe drinker, at risk drinker). Number of Units in Original Sample: Perth 1: 515, Perth 2: 95 Carnarvon 1: 408, Carnarvon 2: 110

Mode of Data Collection:

personal interview

Class of the Study:

Level 2

Data Access

Access Conditions:

The depositor wishes to be informed (by the archive) of use being made of the data, in order to comment on that use and make contact with colleagues of similar interests.

Citation Requirements:

All manuscripts based in whole or in part on these data should:

(i) identify the data and original investigators by using the recommended bibliographic reference to the data file

(ii) acknowledge the Australian Data Archive and, where the data are made available through the Australian Data Archive by another archive, acknowledge that archive;

Kamien, M. Aborigines who abstain from alcohol, 1990-1993 [computer file]. Canberra: Australian Data Archive, The Australian National University, .

(iii) declare that those who carried out the original analysis and collection of the data bear no responsibility for the further analysis or interpretation of them.

Deposit Requirements:

In order to assemble essential information about archival resources and to facilitate the exchange of information about users research activities, individuals are required to email ADA (ada@anu.edu.au) with the bibliographic details and, where available, online links to any published work (including journal articles, books or book chapters, conference presentations, theses or any other publications or outputs) based wholly or in part on the material.

Disclaimer:

Use of the material is solely at the user's risk. The depositor, The Australian National University and the Australian Data Archive shall not be held responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the material supplied.

Other Study Materials

Related Publications:

Blignault, I (1995). Getting on Top of the Grog. Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, 19, 30-32.

Blignault, I and Ryder, C (1994). Getting on Top of the Grog: A study of alcohol use and abstinence among aborigines in Carnarvon. University of WA, in collaboration with Carnarvon Medical Service Aboriginal Corporation.

Blilgnalt, I (1994). Learning from Non-drinkers: A study of alcohol use and abstinence among Aboriginal people in Perth. University of WA in collaboration with Perth Aboriginal Medical Service.