Research Article Risky Alcohol Drinking Pattern and Its Association with Educational Attainment and Wealth Index among Adult Men Population in Ethiopia: Further Analysis of 2016 Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey Gedefaw Diress 1 and Getinet Wondim 2 1 Department of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Woldia University, Woldia, Ethiopia 2 Center for Disease Control Zonal Cordinator, Awi Zonal Health Department, Injibara, Ethiopia CorrespondenceshouldbeaddressedtoGedefawDiress;gedefawdiress@gmail.com Received 2 November 2020; Revised 12 March 2021; Accepted 7 April 2021; Published 15 April 2021 AcademicEditor:RichardH.Hammersley Copyright©2021GedefawDiressandGetinetWondim.isisanopenaccessarticledistributedundertheCreativeCommons AttributionLicense,whichpermitsunrestricteduse,distribution,andreproductioninanymedium,providedtheoriginalworkis properlycited. Riskyalcoholdrinkingisoneofthemajorpublichealthproblemsandanimportanthealthriskfactorforprematuredeathand disability worldwide. Identifying the determinants of risky alcohol drinking patterns is crucial for developing and improving interventionondrinkingbehavior.InEthiopia,theroleofeducationalattainmentandaffluenceinreducingriskyalcoholdrinking patternsamongmenremainsunclear.erefore,thisstudyaimedtoassesstheassociationofeducationalstatusandaffluencewith riskyalcoholdrinkingpatternsusingnationalrepresentativedatainEthiopia.Secondarydataanalysiswasconductedon12,688 adultmenusingdatafromthe2016EthiopiaDemographicHealthSurvey(EDHS).edependentvariablewasariskyalcohol drinkingpatternwhichisdefinedastheconsumptionofalcoholeverydayinthelast12monthsbeforetheinterview.Multivariable logisticregressionwasemployedtoassesstheassociationbetweeneducationalattainment,Ethiopianstandardwealthindex,and risky alcohol drinking pattern, after adjusting for the potential confounders. e overall magnitude of risky alcohol drinking patternsamongmeninEthiopiawas4.5%(95%CI:3.4–5.9).Ofthetotalmenwhohadevertakenalcohol,9.7%ofmendrink almosteverydayinthelast12months.eoddsofhavingariskyalcoholdrinkingpatternwereloweramongmenwhocompleted secondaryeducation(AOR � 0.56(0.329–0.961))andmenwhocompletedhighereducationlevels(AOR � 0.35(0.164–0.765))as comparedtomenwhodidnotattendanyformaleducation.Adultmeninthetoptwowealthquintilesweretwicemorelikelyto haveriskyalcoholdrinkingpatternsthanthoseinthelowestwealthquintile(AOR � 2.13(1.254–3.605)).isstudyshowedthat fromthetotaladultmalepopulation,nearly5%ofEthiopianmenhadriskydrinkingpatterns.Individualswithloweducational status and greater affluence engaged in high-risk alcohol consumption behavior. 1. Introduction Nowadays,alcoholconsumptionisoneofthemajorpublic health problems and the third most important health risk factorforprematuredeathanddisabilityworldwide[1,2].It is associated with various chronic medical conditions and responsible for causing about 2.5 million deaths per year [1,3–5]andagloballossof139milliondisability-adjusted lifeyears[6]. In comparison to high-income countries, alcohol drinkingisincreasingandbecomingmorepopularinSub- Saharan Africa including Ethiopia. Studies conducted in different parts of Ethiopia showed that the magnitude of alcoholdrinkinghasincreaseddramatically[7–9].Arecent nationwidestudyinEthiopiarevealedthatnearly25%ofthe population had a history of alcohol consumption [10]. Similarly,thereisalsoasignificantrecentincrementinthe magnitude of risky alcohol drinking patterns in Ethiopia, particularly among men. Evidence from the very recent meta-analysisinthecountryshowedthat9.0%ofmenaged 18–59yearsengagedinhazardousorriskyalcoholdrinking patternandbehavior[10]. Hindawi Journal of Addiction Volume 2021, Article ID 6646085, 7 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/6646085