Table 3.
Logistic Regression of the Association Between Job Strain and Moderate Alcohol Use
| Independent variables | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 |
| OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | OR (95% CI) | |
| Job strain (ref. low job stress and high job satisfaction) | ||||
| Low job stress and low job satisfaction | 1.37 (0.91, 2.05) | 1.34 (0.89, 2.02) | 1.31 (0.86, 1.99) | 1.26 (0.83, 1.93) |
| High job stress and high job satisfaction | 0.87 (0.52, 1.46) | 0.84 (0.50, 1.41) | 0.83 (0.49, 1.41) | 0.87 (0.51, 1.48) |
| High job stress and low job satisfaction | 1.18 (0.82, 1.69) | 1.08 (0.74, 1.56) | 0.98 (0.67, 1.45) | 0.96 (0.64, 1.42) |
| Age (ref. ≤ 65 years) | ||||
| >65 years old | 0.54 (0.34, 0.84) | 0.49 (0.30, 0.80) | 0.51 (0.31, 0.84) | |
| Race (ref. white) | ||||
| Black | 0.70 (0.37, 1.34) | 0.56 (0.29, 1.10) | 0.52 (0.26, 1.02) | |
| Hispanic | 0.55 (0.27, 1.13) | 0.45 (0.22, 0.93) | 0.46 (0.22, 0.97) | |
| Gender (ref. women) | ||||
| Men | 0.70 (0.51, 0.95) | 0.61 (0.43, 0.86) | 0.60 (0.42, 0.85) | |
| Marital status (ref. married) | ||||
| Separated/divorced | 1.03 (0.67, 1.58) | 1.05 (0.68, 1.63) | 0.96 (0.61, 1.50) | |
| Widowed | 1.04 (0.53, 2.04) | 0.97 (0.49, 1.92) | 0.87 (0.43, 1.75) | |
| Never married | 1.17 (0.50, 2.75) | 1.09 (0.45, 2.61) | 1.06 (0.43, 2.57) | |
| Education (ref. high school or less) | ||||
| At least some college | 0.84 (0.60, 1.17) | 0.91 (0.65, 1.28) | ||
| Labor force status (ref. full time) | ||||
| Part time | 1.30 (0.83, 2.03) | 1.35 (0.86, 2.13) | ||
| Partly retired | 1.10 (0.70, 1.73) | 1.15 (0.72, 1.83) | ||
| Type of work (ref. blue collar) | ||||
| Service related | 1.03 (0.59, 1.80) | 1.04 (0.59, 1.82) | ||
| White collar | 0.52 (0.34, 0.80) | 0.58 (0.38, 0.90) | ||
| Standardized net worth | 1.00 (0.87, 1.16) | 1.03 (0.90, 1.17) | ||
| Smoking status (ref. never) | ||||
| Former | 1.65 (1.14, 2.38) | |||
| Current | 2.88 (1.86, 4.45) | |||
| Depressive symptoms (ref. 0–3) | ||||
| 4+ | 1.58 (0.92, 2.71) | |||
Notes: Model 1: unadjusted. Model 2: adjusted for age, race, sex and marital status. Model 3: adjusted for Model 2 plus education, labor force status, type of work, and net worth. Model 4: adjusted for Model 3 plus smoking status and depression. Moderate alcohol use is defined as consuming an average of two or more drinks per day for men and an average of one or more drinks per day for women. Models restricted to respondents who currently use alcohol (N = 1,199). CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.