Fedotov A.A. Factors affecting Alcohol Consumption: regional Analysis. Regional issues of economic transformation. 2023. No. 6 (152). Pp. 19-30. Fedotov A.A. Factors affecting Alcohol Consumption: regional Analysis. Regional issues of economic transformation. 2023. No. 6 (152). Pp. 19-30.ISSN 1812-7096DOI 10.26726/1812-7096-2023-6-19-30ÐÈÍÖ: https://elibrary.ru/contents.asp?id=54280107Posted on site: 10.01.24Òåêñò ñòàòüè íà ñàéòå æóðíàëà URL: http://www.rppe.ru/new/index.php/rppe/article/view/2220/2049 (äàòà îáðàùåíèÿ 10.01.2024)AbstractThe purpose of this work was to identify factors affecting the volume of sales of alco-holic beverages in the regions of the country. The main research method was correlation analysis based on official statistics of regional development for the period from 2010 to 2020. As a re-sult, a close relationship was revealed between the volume of sales of alcoholic beverages and the spread of alcoholism. The dynamics of changes in the volume of sales of alcoholic beverages over the past 10 years is shown, a decrease of 2.5 times is noted, an explanation of why this happened is offered. The factors influencing the consumption of alcoholic beverages were also identified, among which the main indicators characterizing the level of well-being of the popula-tion: monetary income, poverty and unemployment. The results of the study expand our under-standing of the importance of the studied indicator for the development of regions and the mecha-nisms of influence on it. The purpose of this work was to identify factors affecting the volume of sales of alco-holic beverages in the regions of the country. The main research method was correlation analysis based on official statistics of regional development for the period from 2010 to 2020. As a re-sult, a close relationship was revealed between the volume of sales of alcoholic beverages and the spread of alcoholism. The dynamics of changes in the volume of sales of alcoholic beverages over the past 10 years is shown, a decrease of 2.5 times is noted, an explanation of why this happened is offered. The factors influencing the consumption of alcoholic beverages were also identified, among which the main indicators characterizing the level of well-being of the popula-tion: monetary income, poverty and unemployment. The results of the study expand our under-standing of the importance of the studied indicator for the development of regions and the mecha-nisms of influence on it.