Table 5. Associations between Unemployment and Weekly Alcohol Consumption.
| Estimate | CI | |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly drinks associated with unemployment compared to employment in prior wave | ||
| All subjectsa (n=2,934) | -.41 | (-1.72 - .90) |
| All subjectsb (n=2,495) | -1.07** | (-1.8 - -0.34) |
| Weekly drinks associated with unemployment compared to employment among high-risk subjects in prior wave | ||
| All subjectsb (n=934) | -2.78** | (-4.62 - -0.95) |
| Menc (n=469) | 1.63 | (-4.31 - 7.56) |
| Womenc (n=465) | -3.17*** | (-4.74 - -1.6) |
| Weekly drinks associated with unemployment compared to employment among low-risk subjects in prior wave | ||
| All subjectsb (n=2,437) | -0.53** | (-0.93 - -0.14) |
| Menc (n=1,095) | -0.95* | (-1.88 - -0.01) |
| Womenc (n=1,342) | -0.54** | (-0.94 - -0.14) |
| Weekly drinks associated with unemployment compared to employment among low-risk drinkers in prior wave | ||
| All subjectsb (n=2,138) | -0.16 | (-0.8 - 0.48) |
| Menc (n=979) | -0.4 | (-1.62 - 0.82) |
| Womenc (n=1,159) | -0.15 | (-0.79 - 0.5) |
Note:
***
p<.001
**
p<.01
*
p<.05
Students, homemakers, and retired subjects excluded from employed reference group in all models.
a
Age-adjusted only.
b
Adjusted for years of education, Hispanic ethnicity, age, wave, and clustering of observations within subjects and includes an interaction term between sex and employment category.
c
Adjusted for years of education, Hispanic ethnicity, age, wave, and clustering of observations within subjects. Sample size (n) indicates number of subjects analyzed. Because subjects transitioned among drinking intensity categories across waves, sample sizes across high- and low-risk models do not sum to total sample size.