Title |
Harmful drinking after job loss: a stronger association during the post-2008 economic crisis?
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Published in |
International Journal of Public Health, February 2017
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DOI | 10.1007/s00038-016-0936-3 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Moniek C. M. de Goeij, Jan-Willem Bruggink, Ferdy Otten, Anton E. Kunst |
Abstract |
This study investigated, among the Dutch working population, whether job loss during the post-2008 economic crisis is associated with harmful drinking and whether this association is stronger than before the crisis. Repeated cross-sectional data from the Dutch Health Interview Survey 2004-2013 were used to define episodic drinking (≥6 glasses on 1 day ≥1/week) and chronic drinking (≥14 glasses/week for women and ≥21 for men). These data were linked to longitudinal data from tax registries, to measure the experience and duration of job loss during a 5-year working history. Before the crisis, job loss experience and duration were not associated with harmful drinking. During the crisis, job loss for more than 6 months was associated with episodic drinking [OR 1.40 (95% CI 1.01; 1.94)], while current job loss was associated with chronic drinking [OR 1.43 (95% CI 1.03; 1.98)]. These associations were most clear in men and different between the pre-crisis and crisis period (p interaction = 0.023 and 0.035, respectively). The results suggest that economic crises strengthen the potential impact of job loss on harmful drinking, predominately among men. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 5 | 56% |
Netherlands | 1 | 11% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 11% |
Unknown | 2 | 22% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 6 | 67% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 32 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 4 | 13% |
Researcher | 4 | 13% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 13% |
Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 9% |
Student > Bachelor | 3 | 9% |
Other | 3 | 9% |
Unknown | 11 | 34% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 22% |
Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 5 | 16% |
Social Sciences | 3 | 9% |
Psychology | 2 | 6% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 3% |
Other | 3 | 9% |
Unknown | 11 | 34% |