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The purpose of this study was to establish the relationships between heavy episodic and drinking frequency with area-deprivation and social capital in England.

Using the Health Survey for England 2002–2006, a nationally representative cross-sectional survey (N = 54,422), multilevel logistic regression models with individuals nested within primary sampling units were carried out, stratified by sex, on (a) drinkers versus nondrinkers, (b) heavy episodic drinking versus drinking less (on the heaviest drinking day), and (c) fewer than 2 drink-free days versus at least 2 drink-free days. Key exposures were individual social capital variables (social trust, active civic participation, social support, neighborhood perception). Models adjusted for age, area-deprivation, economic activity, education, ethnicity, longstanding illness, marital status, and children in the household.

Lack of social support (men: OR …