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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 19.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2013 Jun 4;92:35–42. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.05.023

Table 4.

Adjusted associations of occupational attributes and measures of alcohol use and misuse in the past 30 days

Number of
Days drank Drinks per day Occasions drank 6 or more
Covariates Count ratio (95% CI) Count ratio (95% CI) Count ratio (95% CI)
Occupational attributes
 Physical demand 1.07* (1.01, 1.15) 1.08** (1.02, 1.15) 1.15** (1.10, 1.20) 1.06** (1.02, 1.11) 1.48** (1.34, 1.64) 1.20** (1.11, 1.30)
 Job autonomy 1.18** (1.11, 1.27) 1.06 (0.98, 1.15) 1.08* (1.02, 1.14) 1.03 (0.97, 1.09) 1.06 (0.93, 1.21) 0.99 (0.86, 1.13)
 Physical demand X job autonomy 0.96 (0.90, 1.03) 0.97 (0.91, 1.03) 1.00 (0.94, 1.06) 1.01 (0.96, 1.06) 1.05 (0.98, 1.13) 1.07* (1.01, 1.13)
 Social engagement 0.85** (0.79, 0.92) 0.91* (0.84, 0.98) 0.91** (0.86, 0.96) 0.98 (0.93, 1.02) 0.77** (0.65, 0.90) 0.91 (0.78, 1.05)
Male 1.51** (1.34, 1.70) 1.54** (1.43, 1.66) 2.92** (2.24, 3.81)
Race/ethnicity
 Hispanic 0.79** (0.66, 0.94) 1.02 (0.92, 1.14) 0.76* (0.60, 0.95)
 African American 0.83* (0.71, 0.97) 0.71** (0.64, 0.80) 0.60** (0.45, 0.79)
Human capital
 AFQT89 1.08** (1.06, 1.11) 0.99 (0.97, 1.01) 0.94** (0.91, 0.98)
 AFQT89 missing 1.05 (0.76, 1.47) 0.85** (0.77,0.94) 0.59** (0.42, 0.83)
Constant 2.54** (2.20, 2.95) 1.25** (1.12, 1.39) 0.19** (0.15, 0.24)

Note:

*

p<0.05,

**

p<0.01, regression results weighted using NLSY79 sample weights, standard errors clustered by major occupation category, n=6,426.