“…There are a number of factors at the individual and social levels which determine the level of alcohol consumption such as: Age (Singh and Mail, 2014;Nadkarni et al, 2013;Goodwin et al, 1987;Wilsnack et al, 2009; Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2010), Sex (Singh and Mail, 2014;Goodwin et al, 1987;Wilsnack et al, 2009;Roche and Deehan, 2002;Rahav et al, 2006), Employment status (Nadkarni et al, 2013;Berry et al, 2007), Socioeconomic status (Nadkarni et al, 2013;Goodwin et al, 1987;Neufeld et al, 2005;Rehm et al, 2009;Schmidt et al, 2010;Huckle et al, 2010;Casswell et al, 2003), Family factor (Singh and Mail, 2014;Pandey et al, 2015;Thappa et al, 2016;Rice et al, 1998), Drinker's behavior (Singh and Mail, 2014), Alcohol exposure (volume, patterns, and quality of alcohol consumed) (Singh and Mail, 2014), Economic development (Singh and Mail, 2014), Culture (Singh and Mail, 2014), Existing alcohol-related policies (Singh and Mail, 2014), Education (Easwaran et al, 2015;Nadkarni et al, 2013;Goodwin et al, 1987;Neufeld et al, 2005;Thappa et al, 2016), Smoking and paternal history of alcohol consumption (Easwaran et al, 2015), Better health status (Nadkarni et al, 2013), Lower chronic morbidity (Nadkarni et al, 2013), Place of residence (Bhullar et al, 2013;Neufeld et al, 2005…”