TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Alcohol use during the Great Recession of 2008-2009
JO  - Alcohol and alcoholism
A1  - Bor, Jacob
A1  - Basu, Sanjay
A1  - Coutts, Adam
A1  - McKee, Michael
A1  - Stuckler, David
SP  - 343
EP  - 348
VL  - 48
IS  - 3
N2  - AIMS: The aim of this study was to assess changes in alcohol use in the USA during the Great Recession. METHODS: Drinking participation, drinking frequency, drinking intensity, total alcohol consumption and frequency of binge drinking were assessed in a nationally representative sample of 2,050,431 US women and men aged 18 and older, interviewed between 2006 and 2010. RESULTS: The prevalence of any alcohol use significantly declined during the economic recession, from 52.0% in 2006-2007 to 51.6% in 2008-2009 (P < 0.05), corresponding to 880,000 fewer drinkers (95% confidence interval [CI] 140,000 to 1.6 million). There was an increase, however, in the prevalence of frequent binging, from 4.8% in 2006-2007 to 5.1% in 2008-2009 (P < 0.01), corresponding to 770,000 more frequent bingers (95% CI 390,000 to 1.1 million). Non-Black, unmarried men under 30 years, who recently became unemployed, were at highest risk for frequent binging. CONCLUSION: During the Great Recession there was an increase in abstention from alcohol and a rise in frequent binging.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0735-0414
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agt002
ID  - ref1
ER  -