Drinking practices among urban adults in Israel; a cross-cultural comparison.

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Abstract
A limited epidemiological survey of drinking practices was carried out in 1977 with a representative sample of 464 adult men and women drawn from 1 of the 4 largest urban centers in Israel. Comparative data on drinking by adults in large metropolitan areas in the USA are also presented and discussed. All available indicators of drinking practices indicate much lower prevalence and lower volume of drinking among Israelis than among Americans. Fewer women than men drink in both countries and proportionately fewer women drink in Israel than in the USA. In Israel, religious orthodoxy shows the expected direct relationship to drinking and an inverse relationship to drinking prevalence, while ethnicity is unrelated. The data also suggest that in Israel experience with ritual wine drinking is necessary for drinking other alcoholic beverages.

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