Alcohol-related sickness absence of young employees in Norway: The impact of social roles and
socioeconomic status
Engelsk titel: Alcohol-related sickness absence of young employees in Norway: The impact of social roles and
socioeconomic status
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Författare:
Schou, Line
;
Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth
Email: ls@sirus.no
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 32
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 15103552
Sammanfattning
AIMS - First, to establish whether there are differences in alcohol-related sickness absence
according to socioeconomic status and family situation among young employees in Norway. Second,
if differences are found, to assess whether they can be attributed mainly to differences in drinking
patterns.
METHODS - A sample of young, employed adults was obtained from the fourth wave of the Young in
Norway study (2005) and the data were merged with registry data from Statistics Norway (N =1611).
The data were analysed using cross tables and logistic regression analysis.
RESULTS - Being male, single, not having children and having a low income were associated with
alcohol-related sickness absence, but the association was not significant on education and social
status. Introducing frequencies of drinking and drinking to intoxication in the regression model
attenuated some associations with alcohol-related sickness absence.
CONCLUSION - Alcohol-related sickness absence is more common among people who are single and
without children, and more common among men than women. With the exception of income,
socioeconomic factors do not seem to be important. The differences between groups appear to be
only partly a result of different drinking patterns.