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Unemployment and Drinking Behaviour: some data from a general population survey of alcohol use |
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| Authors: | ALEX CRAWFORD MARTIN A. PLANT NORMAN KREITMAN RICHARD W. LATCHAM |
| Affiliation: | Now Director, Renfrew Council on Alcohol, Community Services Centre, Queen Street, Paisley PA1 2TU, Scotland;Alcohol Research Group, Edinburgh University, Huntingdon, U.K.;MRC Unit for Epidemiological Studies in Psychiatry, Edinburgh University, Huntingdon, U.K.;Now at Hinching Brooke Hospital, Huntingdon, U.K. |
| Abstract: | The confusion in the alcohol-unemployment literature may be partly explained by methodological considerations. A standard instrument for measuring alcohol consumption was used in this study which reports data drawn from a general population study. Results show that unemployed males were particularly likely to binge drink and to report adverse effects from consuming alcohol. It is suggested that (a) the choice of consumption variables may influence the outcome of research in this area, and (b) unemployed men may be exposed to greater risks from drinking alcohol. |
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