Trial reportAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2014
Economic loss and alcohol consumption and problems during the 2008 to 2009 U.S. recession.
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64 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 114 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Effects of COVID-19 economic impacts on alcohol use disorder symptoms are mediated by maximum and volume of alcohol intake: Data from the National Alcohol Survey's COVID Cohort.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2026Article
- Employment quality and suicide, drug poisoning, and alcohol-attributable mortality.American journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Housing Eviction and Alcohol-Related Harms: A Review of the Literature.Substance use & misuse · 2025Review
- Social support is not enough to buffer the effects of stressors on substance use at midlife.Discover psychology · 2025Article
- Changes in US drinking and alcohol use disorders associated with social, health, and economic impacts of COVID-19.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2024Article
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- Maternal postpartum bonding impairment and increased substance use to cope with pandemic-related stress.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- The Protective Role of Perceived Control on Associations Between Job Loss, Financial Difficulties, and Substance Use Among Young Adults Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023Article
- Burden of high-risk phenotype of heavy alcohol consumption among obese U.S. population: results from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2020.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2023Article
- Impact of COVID-19's Economic Burden on Alcohol-Related Problems: An Indirect Effect of Depression, Stress, and Anxiety.Translational issues in psychological science · 2023Article
- Location, age, and race matter: a path model of emotional distress in the U.S. during COVID-19.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Unemployment and Substance Use: An Updated Review of Studies from North America and Europe.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The association between student loan debt and perceived socioeconomic status and problematic drinking and mental health symptoms: A preliminary investigation.Addictive behaviors · 2023Article
- Perceived Stress, Religiosity, and Substance Use Among African American and Latinx College Students with Asthma in the USA.Journal of religion and health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is some evidence that individual-level job loss can lead to greater alcohol consumption and problems. While other forms of economic loss were common during the recent recession, these are rarely investigated in studies of macroeconomic decline. This study examined the relationship between types of economic loss in the 2008 to 2009 recession and alcohol outcomes, and whether this varied by gender and age.
methodsData are from the 2009 to 2010 U.S. National Alcohol Survey (N = 5,382). We used multivariable regression to estimate associations between economic loss and alcohol volume, monthly drunkenness, negative drinking consequences, and alcohol dependence in the overall sample and within gender and age groups (18 to 29, 30 to 49, 50+), controlling for demographic and alcohol history covariates.
resultsIn the overall sample, severe economic loss (job or housing loss) was positively associated with negative drinking consequences, alcohol dependence, and (marginally) drunkenness, whereas moderate loss (loss of retirement savings, reduced work hours/wages, or trouble paying the rent/mortgage) was unassociated with alcohol outcomes. Important gender and age differences were observed. Women reporting retirement loss, reduced hours/wages, and job loss consumed 41 to 70% more alcohol than women unaffected by the recession, and men who experienced job loss and housing problems had increased risk for drunkenness, drinking consequences, and dependence. Middle-aged Americans affected by partial or complete job loss and housing problems also had greater risk of drunkenness and alcohol-related problems, and older adults who lost retirement savings drank 42% more alcohol than their peers unaffected by the recession. With the exception of negative drinking consequences, young adult alcohol outcomes were largely unrelated to recessionary loss.
conclusionsThis study highlights the adverse effects of recession-induced economic losses on alcohol use and problems in demographic subgroups. As men and middle-aged Americans were at risk for multiple, adverse alcohol outcomes, these groups may warrant special alcohol screening and intervention efforts in future macroeconomic crises.
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