Table 3.
Alcohol Outcomes Regressed on Economic Loss: Summary of Significant Results within Gender and Age Groups
| Women | Men | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alc.Vol. | Alc.Vol. | Drunk. | 2+ Conseq. | Alc.Dep. | |
| Loss of retirement savings | ✓ | ||||
| Reduction in hours/pay | |||||
| Household | |||||
| Personal | ✓ | ||||
| Job loss | |||||
| Household | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Personal | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Trouble paying rent/mort. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Housing loss | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Age 18–29 | Age 30–49 | Age 50+ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2+ Conseq. |
Alc. Vol. | Drunk. | 2+ Conseq. |
Alc. Dep. | Alc. Vol. |
2+ Conseq. |
|
| Loss of retirement savings | ✓ | ||||||
| Reduction in hours/pay | |||||||
| Household | ✓ | ||||||
| Personal | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| Job loss | |||||||
| Household | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Personal | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Trouble paying rent/mort. | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Housing loss | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
✓
indicates a significant, positive association at p ≤ .05; no significant negative associations were observed. Logistic regressions used for all alcohol outcomes except alcohol volume, which entailed multiple linear regression. The reference group are those persons within the specified gender and age group who experienced no recession-related economic loss of any type. Models adjusted for gender (in age-stratified models), age (in gender-stratified models), race/ethnicity, marital status, education, history of alcohol-related health problems prior to the recession, and parental alcoholism.