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    'Now we can drink, too': Changing drinking practices among Polish-Australian women

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    Authors
    Wolska, B.
    Saggers, Sherry
    Hunt, L.
    Date
    2004
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Wolska, Barbara and Saggers, Sherry, and Hunt, Lynne. 2004. 'Now we can drink, too': Changing drinking practices among Polish-Australian women. Health Sociology Review. 13 (1): pp. 65-73.
    Source Title
    Health Sociology Review
    ISSN
    14461242
    Faculty
    National Drug Research Institute
    Faculty of Health Sciences
    School
    National Drug Research Institute (Research Institute)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7766
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    Abstract

    This paper examines the effects of migration on the drinking patterns of a group of Polish-Australian women. Contrary to other Australian research on migrant women's drinking practices, this small, qualitative study indicates that many Polish women quickly adopted Australian drinking patterns. However, on special occasions some also took on the so called 'Polish drinking' pattern of consuming mostly spirits, frequently undiluted, to intoxication, characteristic of male drinking in their homeland. In contrast, drinking patterns of young, Polish-Australian women in tertiary education and those who completed their education in Australia, were very similar to those of Australian- born young women. This study suggests that there is a need for further research on drinking patterns among migrant women, drinking practices in the home country and the age of migration.

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