TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Socio-economic factors and heavy drinking over the course of the week among job-seekers with at-risk alcohol use
JO  - Archives of environmental and occupational health
A1  - Haberecht, Katja
A1  - Baumann, Sophie
A1  - Gaertner, Beate
A1  - John, Ulrich
A1  - Freyer-Adam, Jennis
SP  - 154
EP  - 161
VL  - 73
IS  - 3
N2  - This paper investigates the influence of socio-economic factors on heavy drinking over the course of the week. As part of a randomized controlled trial, 1,282 job-seekers with at-risk alcohol use were systematically recruited at three job agencies and reported number of drinks consumed on each day in the past week. Latent growth curve models were calculated to represent variations of alcohol use. School education and duration of lifetime unemployment were tested as predictors; socio-demographic variables were integrated as covariates. A weekly pattern was confirmed in the total sample: constant low alcohol use on working days, escalation on Friday and a further increase on weekends. Significant associations between longer duration of lifetime unemployment and higher initial alcohol use on Sundays (p<0.001) and less increase on Fridays (p=0.001) disappeared after controlling for socio-demographic factors. Longer duration of lifetime unemployment does not appear to affect alcohol use trajectories over the course of the week.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1933-8244
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19338244.2017.1300569
ID  - ref1
ER  -