Citation

Caldwell TM, Rodgers B, Clark C, Jefferis BJ, Stansfeld SA, Power C. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2008; 95(3): 269-278.

Affiliation

National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.01.014

PMID

18339490

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Research suggests that outcomes associated with drinking may differ depending upon patterns of consumption, drinking related symptoms and social problems. This paper investigated socioeconomic predictors (measuring multiple indices, period and consistency of disadvantage) of midlife drinking patterns. METHODS: Socioeconomic information from the 1958 British Birth Cohort Study (n=9146) included: manual socioeconomic position and owner/buyer residential tenure (7, 11, 16, 33 and 42y), and educational attainment (33y). At 45y, the overlap between drinking patterns was explored using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test. Patterns included: 'Moderate-binge' (binge drinkers with low-problem scores, consuming within UK sensible drinking weekly guidelines); Low-Problem Heavy (LPH) drinkers (regardless of binge); 'Problem' (and heavy or binge) and 'Non-/occasional' (

Language: en