Excessive alcohol consumption results in a broad range of health problems and other social issues, such as violence, social disorder and family breakdown. As such, alcohol consumption is considered as a critical social policy issue in Australia. In this study, we have used ordered logit models to estimate the probability of an Indigenous person consuming alcohol and to assess the impact of alcohol consumption on self‐perceived life satisfaction. A heteroscedasticity‐corrected ordered logit model is used to identify the gender difference in such effects. For this purpose, we use the latest National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS) 2014/2015 data collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The estimation results reveal that age, gender, employment status, income and the experience of unfair treatments significantly affect Indigenous people's (level of) alcohol consumption. The results also reveal that any level of alcohol consumption is linked with reduced overall life satisfaction, which is another reason why prevention of alcohol misuse should be a priority. A significant gender differences in the medium‐risk‐level alcohol consumption were also observed. These findings could be used as an alcohol prevention message in developing and implementing alcohol prevention strategies and policies.

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饮酒方式，性别和生活满意度之间的联系：澳大利亚土著人的一些证据

过量饮酒会导致广泛的健康问题和其他社会问题，例如暴力，社会混乱和家庭破裂。因此，饮酒被认为是澳大利亚的关键社会政策问题。在这项研究中，我们使用有序logit模型来估计土著人饮酒的可能性，并评估饮酒对自我感知的生活满意度的影响。异方差校正的有序logit模型用于识别此类效应中的性别差异。为此，我们使用了最新的《全国原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民社会调查》（NATSISS）2014/2015年数据由澳大利亚统计局收集。估计结果表明，年龄，性别，就业状况，收入和不公平待遇的经历会显着影响土著人民（的酒精消费水平）。结果还表明，任何程度的饮酒都会降低整体生活满意度，这也是防止滥用酒精成为当务之急的另一个原因。在中等风险水平的饮酒中也观察到了明显的性别差异。这些发现可作为制定和实施酒精预防策略和政策中的酒精预防信息。