| Literature DB >> 24475318 |
Sara L Tamers1, Cassandra Okechukwu2, Alex A Bohl3, Alice Guéguen4, Marcel Goldberg4, Marie Zins4.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Major life changes may play a causative role in health through lifestyle factors, such as alcohol. The objective was to examine the impact of stressful life events on heavy alcohol consumption among French adults.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24475318 PMCID: PMC3903768 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087653
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PLoS One ISSN: 1932-6203 Impact factor: 3.240
Socio-demographic characteristics for GAZEL women, at time of each life event.
| Marriage | Employment promotion | Important purchase | Children leaving home | Divorce | Retirement | Widowhood | Death of a loved one | |
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| 35–39 | 24% | 10% | 3% | 0% | 24% | 0% | 10% | 3% |
| 40–44 | 37% | 37% | 17% | 8% | 33% | 0% | 15% | 20% |
| 45–49 | 22% | 33% | 25% | 35% | 17% | 0% | 16% | 27% |
| 50–54 | 9% | 17% | 25% | 36% | 11% | 33% | 14% | 27% |
| 55–59 | 5% | 3% | 19% | 16% | 9% | 53% | 16% | 16% |
| 60–64 | 2% | 0% | 9% | 4% | 5% | 14% | 20% | 7% |
| 65+ | 1% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 9% | 2% |
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| <High school | 27% | 26% | 26% | 24% | 26% | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| High school | 11% | 15% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 9% | 9% | 11% |
| > High school | 60% | 56% | 60% | 62% | 58% | 60% | 59% | 60% |
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| Excellent | 28% | 21% | 24% | 21% | 29% | 17% | 24% | 23% |
| Good | 44% | 40% | 53% | 53% | 41% | 38% | 45% | 53% |
| Fair | 12% | 11% | 19% | 22% | 18% | 12% | 22% | 21% |
| Poor | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 2% |
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| Manual Worker/Clerk | 29% | 63% | 21% | 22% | 26% | 22% | 23% | 22% |
| Admin Associate/Technician | 64% | 37% | 69% | 68% | 66% | 70% | 70% | 69% |
| Manager | 8% | 0% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 7% | 9% |
Note: Cells may not always add up to 100% or total N due to rounding and/or missing data
Socio-demographic characteristics for GAZEL men, at time of each life event
| Marriage | Employment promotion | Important purchase | Children leaving home | Divorce | Retirement | Widowhood | Death of a loved one | |
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| 35–39 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40–44 | 35% | 15% | 4% | 0% | 30% | 0% | 7% | 5% |
| 45–49 | 38% | 49% | 26% | 18% | 27% | 0% | 12% | 26% |
| 50–54 | 17% | 32% | 33% | 43% | 15% | 34% | 14% | 33% |
| 55–59 | 7% | 3% | 24% | 29% | 16% | 55% | 25% | 22% |
| 60–64 | 2% | 0% | 11% | 8% | 10% | 10% | 30% | 11% |
| 65+ | 1% | 0% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 12% | 3% |
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| <High school | 20% | 19% | 18% | 16% | 19% | 19% | 17% | 19% |
| High school | 8% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 6% |
| > High school | 70% | 72% | 74% | 76% | 72% | 73% | 73% | 74% |
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| Excellent | 35% | 26% | 31% | 29% | 32% | 23% | 26% | 30% |
| Good | 43% | 43% | 53% | 52% | 43% | 38% | 52% | 52% |
| Fair | 10% | 11% | 14% | 17% | 16% | 11% | 17% | 15% |
| Poor | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
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| Manual Worker/Clerk | 14% | 29% | 10% | 10% | 13% | 13% | 11% | 11% |
| Admin Associate/Technician | 57% | 71% | 53% | 53% | 56% | 56% | 53% | 55% |
| Manager | 30% | 0% | 36% | 38% | 31% | 32% | 35% | 34% |
Note: Cells may not always add up to 100% or total N due to rounding and/or missing data
Heavy alcohol use for women during and around stressful life events*.
| Year −1 vs. −5 | Year +1 vs. −1 | Year +5 vs. +1 | Year 0 | ||||||||||
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| Marriage | 0.192 |
| 0.04–0.84 | 1.7 | 0.568 | 0.27–10.71 | 5.35 |
| 1.49–19.24 | 0.24 |
| 0.1–0.59 | |
| Employment promotion | 0.991 | 0.99 | 0.25–3.86 | 2.06 | 0.073 | 0.94–4.54 | 1.41 | 0.152 | 0.88–2.29 | 0.6 | 0.09 | 0.33–1.07 | |
| Important purchase | 1.4 |
| 1.05–1.86 | 1.26 |
| 1.04–1.55 | 0.854 | 0.135 | 0.7–1.05 | 0.87 | 0.075 | 0.74–1.01 | |
| Children leaving home | 1.9 |
| 1.48–2.64 | 1.09 | 0.37 | 0.9–1.34 | 0.958 | 0.717 | 0.76–1.21 | 0.91 | 0.31 | 0.75–1.1 | |
| Divorce | 0.15 |
| 0.07–0.33 | 1.47 | 0.278 | 0.73–2.99 | 3.16 |
| 1.77–5.68 | 0.22 |
| 0.14–0.36 | |
| Retirement | 1.23 | 0.063 | 0.99–1.54 | 1.34 |
| 1.11–1.62 | 0.877 | 0.187 | 0.72–1.07 | 1.19 |
| 1.01–1.4 | |
| Widowhood | 0.516 |
| 0.3–0.88 | 0.857 | 0.453 | 0.58–1.28 | 1.28 | 0.356 | 0.75–2.21 | 0.4 |
| 0.24–0.64 | |
| Death of loved one | 1.33 |
| 1.03–1.74 | 1.11 | 0.245 | 0.93–1.35 | 1.04 | 0.607 | 0.88–1.25 | 0.76 |
| 0.66–0.88 | |
Year 0 is the year of the experienced life event
Adjusted for age, self-rated health, and education and employment grade at time of event
Heavy alcohol use for men during and around stressful life events*.
| Year −1 vs. −5 | Year +1 vs. −1 | Year +5 vs. +1 | Year 0 | ||||||||||
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| Marriage | 0.101 |
| 0.04–0.24 | 2.45 |
| 1.19–5.05 | 4.41 |
| 2.79–6.99 | 0.14 |
| 0.09–0.23 | |
| Employment promotion | 1.08 | 0.7 | 0.72–1.64 | 1.74 |
| 1.37–2.21 | 1.26 |
| 1.05–1.53 | 0.69 |
| 0.56–0.84 | |
| Important purchase | 1.36 |
| 1.25–1.49 | 1.32 |
| 1.25–1.41 | 0.885 |
| 0.83–0.94 | 0.9 |
| 0.85–0.95 | |
| Children leaving home | 2.27 |
| 2.06–2.52 | 0.989 | 0.769 | 0.93–1.06 | 0.938 | 0.086 | 0.87–1.01 | 1.3 |
| 1.22–1.39 | |
| Divorce | 0.379 |
| 0.3–0.48 | 1.28 |
| 1.06–1.55 | 2 |
| 1.66–2.42 | 0.39 |
| 0.33–0.46 | |
| Retirement | 1.15 |
| 1.08–1.23 | 1.38 |
| 1.32–1.47 | 0.869 |
| 0.83–0.92 | 1.21 |
| 1.15–1.27 | |
| Widowhood | 0.845 | 0.141 | 0.68–1.06 | 1.1 | 0.251 | 0.93–1.31 | 1 | 0.976 | 0.8–1.26 | 0.71 |
| 0.6–0.83 | |
| Death of loved one | 1.27 |
| 1.17–1.38 | 1.36 |
| 1.29–1.45 | 0.925 |
| 0.88–0.98 | 0.86 |
| 0.81–0.9 | |
Year 0 is the year of the experienced life event.
Adjusted for age, self-rated health, and education and employment grade at time of event.
Figure 1Percentage of heavy drinkers around time of stressful life events, separately for women and men.