The aim of this study was to analyse the association between alcohol habits, socioeconomic status, and self-reported drinking and driving (DaD) and apprehension for drunk driving (ADD) factors in the general population. The prevalence of DaD varied by age and was highest in the 25-34 age group, where 17.2% of women and 36.6% of men reported DaD. The prevalence increased with increased consumption, frequency of binge drinking, and was high among those with alcohol dependence. However, the great majority of subjects who admitted to DaD did not belong to any of these categories, which supports the preventive paradox theory in the field of DaD. For instance, 93 high consumers and 411 low to moderate consumers reported DaD. At the same time, binge drinking increased the likelihood among low and moderate consumers. Especially among men, there was a large proportion of high consumers reporting DaD. Although the proportion increased with consumption level and binge drinking the majority of the cases were among low to moderate consumers, supporting a broad population approach in policy to influence this behaviour.
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