Table 2. Proportion (95% confidence intervals (95% CI)) of heavy drinkers in relation to retirement, by SES in men (from general estimation equation models).

SES	5 years before	1 year before	1 year after	5 years after
	% (95% CI)	% (95% CI)	% (95% CI)	% (95% CI)
Managers	14.8 (13.1 to 16.5)	15.2 (13.6 to 16.9)	18.4 (16.6 to 20.2)	16.4 (14.6–18.2)
Intermediate	15.1 (14.1 to16.0)	14.3 (13.4 to 15.1)	17.5 (16.6 to 18.4)	15.3 (14.3–16.2)
Clerical workers	17.6 (14.4 to 20.8)	14.9 (12.0 to 17.8)	19.5 (16.3 to 22.7)	16.7 (13.5 to 19.9)
Manual workers	16.7 (15.0 to 18.4)	15.7 (14.2 to 17.3)	17.1 (15.4 to 18.7)	16.5 (14.9 to 18.2)
Difference between SES categories (p values)	0.15	0.4	0.6	0.5