Level of education, labor-market marginalization, and alcohol-related mortality: a cohort study of Swedish men.

ABSTRACT: Social inequalities in alcohol-related morbidity and mortality are well-established, but the reasons are not fully understood. One possible reason is labor market difficulties stemming from lower educational qualifications, leading to alcohol-related harm. The present study aims to investigate the extent to which differences in labour market marginalization (LMM) (including differences in timing and type of LMM) explain educational differences in alcohol-related mortality, and whether this is independent of pre-labor market selection factors. A register-based cohort study included all men born between 1949 and 1951 who underwent Swedish military conscription in 1969/70 and were alive at age 55 (n = 45 168). Nationwide registers provided data on education level and alcohol-related mortality

SUBMITTER: Thern E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12707506 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature