Citation

Haberecht K, Baumann S, Gaertner B, John U, Freyer-Adam J. Arch. Environ. Occup. Health 2018; 73(3): 154-161.

Affiliation

University Medicine Greifswald, Institute for Medical Psychology , Walther-Rathenau-Str. 48, 17475 Greifswald , Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/19338244.2017.1300569

PMID

28272999

Abstract

This paper investigates the influence of socio-economic factors on heavy drinking over the course of the week. As part of a randomized controlled trial, 1,282 job-seekers with at-risk alcohol use were systematically recruited at three job agencies and reported number of drinks consumed on each day in the past week. Latent growth curve models were calculated to represent variations of alcohol use. School education and duration of lifetime unemployment were tested as predictors; socio-demographic variables were integrated as covariates. A weekly pattern was confirmed in the total sample: constant low alcohol use on working days, escalation on Friday and a further increase on weekends. Significant associations between longer duration of lifetime unemployment and higher initial alcohol use on Sundays (p<0.001) and less increase on Fridays (p=0.001) disappeared after controlling for socio-demographic factors. Longer duration of lifetime unemployment does not appear to affect alcohol use trajectories over the course of the week.

Language: en

Keywords

at-risk alcohol use; heavy drinking; school education; socio-economic; unemployment; unhealthy single occasion drinking