Unemployment and substance outcomes in the United States 2002-2010.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The economic shock of 2008-2009 provided an opportunity to study the robustness of observed statistical associations between unemployment and problematic substance use.

Methods

Data from 405,000 non-institutionalized adult participants in the 2002 to 2010 U.S. National Survey on Drug Use and Health were used to compare substance outcomes among unemployed and employed persons. Association of unemployment with substance outcomes was examined for the years 2002-2004, 2005-2007, 2008, and 2009-2010, corresponding to periods prior to and after the economic downturn of 2008. Multivariate logistic regression models adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, urban/rural residence, current DSM-IV Major Depression, and local county unemployment rates.

Results

SUBMITTER: Compton WM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4127107 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature