Drinking in a Rhodesian African township

Abstract

The present study forms the second half of a two part investigation of drinking patterns in an Urban African Township. The first part was concerned with the collection and analysis of demographic data, primarily quantities drunk, frequency of alcohol use, drinking habits, drinking preferences, expenditure on drinking, women drinkers and heavy drinking. The resuts of this survey were published as an Occasional Paper by the University of Rhodesia in 1971.’ The second part of the survey was designed to complete the areas recommended for investigation by the World Health Organisation Sub-Committee on Alcohol2. Further areas were suggested by the results of Part One of the Survey or arose from the ongoing nature of the investigation itself