Journal article
Job loss and alcohol dependence among Blacks and Whites in a National Longitudinal Survey
Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse, Vol.16(3), pp.314-327
07/03/2017
DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2016.1209144
PMCID: PMC5422130
PMID: 27594166
Abstract
We used the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to test whether the association between job loss and incidence of alcohol dependence differed across Blacks and Whites. Respondents were interviewed annually from 1979 to 1994; DSM-IV dependence was assessed in 1989 and 1994. Analyses included only those employed in 1989 and involved lagged logistic regressions predicting past-year dependence in 1994 from job loss during 1990-1993. Unexpectedly, results showed stronger and more robust associations between job loss and dependence among Whites (AOR = 1.93, p < .05) than among Blacks (AOR = 0.82, nonsignificant). Findings diverge from prior research, suggesting disparities may differ as a function of age and/or time.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Job loss and alcohol dependence among Blacks and Whites in a National Longitudinal Survey
- Creators
- Sarah E Zemore - Alcohol Research GroupNina Mulia - Alcohol Research GroupEdwina Williams - Alcohol Research GroupPaul A Gilbert - Department of Community and Behavioral Health, University of Iowa, College of Public Health
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse, Vol.16(3), pp.314-327
- DOI
- 10.1080/15332640.2016.1209144
- PMID
- 27594166
- PMCID
- PMC5422130
- NLM abbreviation
- J Ethn Subst Abuse
- ISSN
- 1533-2640
- eISSN
- 1533-2659
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Grant note
- This work was funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01AA022668, R01AA020474, and P50AA005595).
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/03/2017
- Academic Unit
- Community and Behavioral Health
- Record Identifier
- 9984063128802771
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