We explored the association between household alcohol use and behavior problems among South-African children, using data from the Asenze study, a population-based cohort of South African children and their caregivers. Household alcohol use and child behavior were assessed when children were 6–8 years old. To examine the association, we performed linear regressions. The sample included 1383 children with complete data under the care of 1251 adults. Children living in a household where self-reported caregiver alcohol use was scored as hazardous (4.6%) had higher levels of problem behavior (β = 1.94, 95% CI 0.06–3.82). There were no statistically significant associations between reported hazardous alcohol use by another member of the household (14.5%) and child problem behavior. Hazardous household alcohol use was associated with child problem behavior and this effect appeared to be mainly driven by primary caregiver use.

我们利用 Asenze 研究（一项以南非儿童及其照顾者为基础的人群队列）的数据，探讨了家庭饮酒与南非儿童行为问题之间的关联。当儿童 6-8 岁时，对家庭饮酒情况和儿童行为进行了评估。为了检查这种关联，我们进行了线性回归。样本包括 1383 名儿童，数据完整，由 1251 名成人照顾。生活在照料者自我报告的饮酒行为被评分为危险 (4.6%) 的家庭中的儿童的问题行为水平较高 (β = 1.94, 95% CI 0.06–3.82)。另一位家庭成员（14.5%）报告的有害饮酒行为与儿童问题行为之间没有统计学上的显着关联。危险的家庭饮酒与儿童问题行为有关，这种影响似乎主要是由主要看护者的使用造成的。