The relationship between labour market categories and alcohol use trajectories in midlife
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- dc.contributor.author Colell Ortega, Esther, 1961-ca
- dc.contributor.author Bell, Stevenca
- dc.contributor.author Britton, Annieca
- dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-09T08:01:49Z
- dc.date.available 2015-07-09T08:01:49Z
- dc.date.issued 2014ca
- dc.description.abstract BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Studies on the role of labour market position and change in alcohol use during midlife are scarce and their results are inconclusive mainly due to their failure to define comprehensive and distinct labour market groups and the short periods of time studied. In this study we used different activity categories for men and women to examine alcohol use trajectories in midlife covering a period of 17 years. METHODS: Using data from four sweeps of the National Child Development Study covering ages 33-50 (N=9960), we used multilevel growth models to study the association between labour market categories and longitudinal changes in weekly units of alcohol consumed. RESULTS: In the reference group of full-time employed men alcohol trajectory decreased over the follow-up period (β=-0.14; 95% CI -0.18 to -0.11) while in the reference group of employed women it increased (β=0.06; 95% CI 0.04 to 0.08). Men and women who were 'mainly sick' had significantly steeper declines in their alcohol consumption trajectory. Women who became employed after being homemakers had the steepest increase in alcohol use (β=0.05; 95% CI 0.01 to 0.09)./nCONCLUSIONS: Being employed is a strong determinant of alcohol use for men and women in midlife, making the workplace a good target for health promotion programmes and policies aimed at reducing alcohol use. Caution is needed when interpreting the health effects of alcohol consumption as low alcohol users may have previously been heavy drinkers.
- dc.description.sponsorship This work was supported by Delegación del Gobierno para el Plan Nacional sobre Drogas, Ministerio de Salud y Política Social (Grant number: PNSD 2011/I073); FIS-Redes de investigación cooperativa (Grant number RD12/0028/0018). AB and SB were funded by the European Research Council (309337,/nPI: Britton, http://www.ucl.ac.uk/alcohol-lifecourse)
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- dc.identifier.citation Colell E, Bell S, Britton A. The relationship between labour market categories and alcohol use trajectories in midlife. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2014 Nov;68(11):1050-6. DOI: 10.1136/jech-2014-204164ca
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2014-204164
- dc.identifier.issn 0143-005Xca
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/24590
- dc.language.iso engca
- dc.publisher BMJ Publishing Groupca
- dc.relation.ispartof Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2014 Nov;68(11):1050-6
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/309337
- dc.rights © 2014 Esther Colell et al.“This article was published in BMJ Open following peer review and can also be viewed on the journal’s website at http://bmjopen.bmj.com”. Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Licenseca
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- dc.subject.other Alcohol
- dc.subject.other Treball
- dc.title The relationship between labour market categories and alcohol use trajectories in midlifeca
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