title: Adverse working conditions and alcohol use in men and women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined the association between adverse working conditions and abstinence and heavy drinking.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was a cross-sectional study within the framework of a general population survey conducted in Eindhoven, The Netherlands (N = 7533). Working conditions were classified into four domains: hazardous physical working conditions, demands at work, level of control over one's job, and support from coworkers and supervisors. Abstainers were compared with drinkers; within drinkers, heavy drinkers were compared with light-moderate drinkers, and those who reported binge drinking were compared with those who did not report binge drinking.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Respondents who reported adverse working conditions were as likely to be abstainers as they were to be drinkers. Within drinkers, males and females who reported high hazardous physical working conditions were more likely to be heavy drinkers than to be light-moderate drinkers (light-moderate is not just an amount, but a combination of amount and frequency) and to report binge drinking (males only). Respondents who reported high demands were also more likely to be heavy drinkers than to be light-moderate drinkers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Stressful circumstances, such as adverse working conditions, were associated with high levels of alcohol intake among drinking men and women.
authors.affiliation: Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam (IVO), Erasmus University, The Netherlands. 163879bs@student.eur.nl
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: San José
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: van de Mheen
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: van Oers
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Mackenbach
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Garretsen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology; D004777:Environment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D012449:Safety; D012944:Social Support; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000523:psychology; D014937:Work