title: Workplace discrimination and alcohol consumption: findings from the San Francisco Muni Health and Safety Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  There is evidence of an association between occupational stress and alcohol consumption. This study investigates the association between workplace racial discrimination and alcohol consumption in a sample of urban transit operators.
  
  
  METHODS
  During 1993-1995, after undergoing a medical exam, 1,542 transit operators completed an interview. Depending on the outcome, we used logistic or linear regression models to examine the cross-sectional relationship between discrimination experience and alcohol consumption.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Operators who reported discrimination in at least one situation, out of a possible four, were more likely to have had negative life consequences as a result of drinking (adjusted OR = 1.97; 95% CI, 1.20-3.83) and were more likely to be classified as having an alcohol disorder (OR = 1.56 [0.96-2.54]), compared to those who reported no instances of workplace discrimination. Results adjusted simultaneously for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, income, marital status, and seniority. There was no association between workplace discrimination and heavy drinking or drinks per month.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cross-sectional data from a sample of urban transit operators indicates an association between workplace racial discrimination and some measures of alcohol consumption.
authors.affiliation: Behavioral Risk Factors Training Program and School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley 94720-7360, USA.
authors.forename: I H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Yen
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Ragland
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Greiner
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fisher
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000208:ethnology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology*; D011287:Prejudice; D011822:Race Relations / Q000523:psychology*; D012495:San Francisco; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014186:Transportation; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data