Abstract
BackgroundSocioeconomic status (SES) is regarded as consisting of education, income and employment. However, the relationship of these three components to alcohol use behaviours, such as risky single occasion drinking (RSOD) is unclear. The aim of the present paper is to specify how the three SES components relate to RSOD in a cross-sectional survey sample of the Danish general population.MethodData from a 2011 Danish national representative survey (n = 3600) was analysed by multiple logistic regression to assess the influence of three dimensions of individual SES (education, income, employment) on RSOD.ResultsComponents of SES were not found to be significantly associated with RSOD independently nor in combination.ConclusionIn the Danish context, SES was not associated with RSOD.
Highlights
Socioeconomic status (SES) is regarded as consisting of education, income and employment
To shed new light on the links between socioeconomic status (SES) and alcohol indicators, the present study addresses the following research questions: (a) Is education associated with risky single occasion drinking (RSOD) in Denmark? (b) Does income or employment mediate the effects of education on RSOD? We analyse general population survey data from Denmark to address this gap in the alcohol research literature
The Spearman rank correlation shows that RSOD was positively correlated with age, education, income, employment, religiosity, and residence areas
Summary
Socioeconomic status (SES) is regarded as consisting of education, income and employment. The aim of the present paper is to specify how the three SES components relate to RSOD in a cross-sectional survey sample of the Danish general population. Method: Data from a 2011 Danish national representative survey (n = 3600) was analysed by multiple logistic regression to assess the influence of three dimensions of individual SES (education, income, employment) on RSOD. SES generally refers to the social standing, rank or class of an individual or group in society [2]. It is often operationalized and measured as a combination of education, income and occupation [3]. An argument can be made that education should be the key component of SES in relation to health, because education enables people to understand health information
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