Socio‐economic status in childhood and later alcohol use: a systematic review*

ABSTRACT. Objective: Using data from the National Child Development Study, an ongoing longitudinal birth cohort study of British youth born in 1958 (N = 9,107), we investigated the long-term impact of heavy alcohol use at age 16 years on educational qualifi cations in adulthood. Method: We used a propensity score matching approach to examine whether and for whom heavy alcohol use predicted reduced adult educational attainment. Because of gender differences in both heavy drinking and adult socioeconomic attainment, we examined the effects of heavy drinking on educational outcomes separately for females and males. Results: Heavy drinking in adolescence (measured in 1974) had a direct negative effect on the receipt of postsecondary educational credentials by age 42 years among males but not females, independent of child and adolescent risk factors correlated with both heavy drinking and educational attainment. In particular, males from working-class backgrounds were most affected by heavy drinking. Conclusions: Drawing on a life span developmental contextual approach, we fi nd that heavy teenage alcohol use and disadvantaged social origins combined to diminish male educational attainment. In contrast, heavy alcohol use had little effect on female educational attainment. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs 69: [848][849][850][851][852][853][854][855][856][857][858] 2008)

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confidence: 99%

Teenage Alcohol Use and Educational Attainment

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Patrick

Loken

et al. 2008

“…The relationship between SES and problematic adolescent alcohol use has been less frequently studied but has also produced inconclusive fi ndings (Huckle et al, 2010;Patrick et al, 2012;Wiles et al, 2007).…”

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“…First, in measures of problematic use, a wide variety of different specifi c behaviors have been assessed, including "heavy episodic drinking" (Patrick et al, 2012), and multiple factors assessing "alcohol-related consequences" (Huckle et al, 2010), "heavy alcohol consumption," "hazardous consumption," and "alcohol dependence" (Wiles et al, 2007). Second, a range of ages has been studied, and it may be that the SES-alcohol relationship differs meaningfully across adolescence.…”

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Socioeconomic Status and Alcohol-Related Behaviors in Mid- to Late Adolescence in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children

Kendler

Gardner

Hickman

et al. 2014

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ABSTRACT. Objective:Prior studies of the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and alcohol consumption and problems in adolescence have been inconclusive. Few studies have examined all three major SES indicators and a broad range of alcohol-related outcomes at different ages. Method: In the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children cohort, we examined (by logistic regression, with differential weighting to control for attrition) the relationship between family income and parental education and occupational status, and fi ve alcohol outcomes assessed at ages 16 and 18 years. Results: At age 16, high SES-as indexed by income and education-signifi cantly predicted frequent alcohol consumption. Low SES-as measured by education and occupational status-predicted alcohol-related problems. At age 18, high SES-particularly income and education-signifi cantly predicted frequent alcohol consumption and heavy episodic drinking and, more weakly, symptoms of alcohol dependence. All three measures of SES were inversely related to high-quantity consumption and alcohol behavioral problems. Conclusions: In adolescents in the United Kingdom, the relationship between SES and alcohol-related behaviors is complex and varies as a function of age, SES measure, and specifi c outcome. High SES tends to predict increased consumption and, in later adolescence, heavy episodic drinking and perhaps symptoms of alcohol dependence. Low SES predicts alcohol-related behavioral problems and, in later adolescence, high-quantity alcohol consumption. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 75, 541-545, 2014)

“…However, race did not predict heavy drinking or drinking problems outcomes, and parent's SES was not associated with any outcome (Wiles et al, 2007). In addition, demographic characteristics did not interact with drinking at home, family structure, or the Drinking At Home × Family Structure two-way interaction to predict any of the alcohol involvement outcome trajectories.…”

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Should Parents Allow Their Adolescent Children to Drink at Home? Family Factors as Predictors of Alcohol Involvement Trajectories Over 15 Years

Levitt

Cooper

2015

ABSTRACT. Objective: The present study examined familial risk and protective factors as moderators of parents allowing their adolescent children to drink at home on longitudinal alcohol involvement trajectories. Method: A total of 772 community adolescents and their parents provided data beginning in 1989 and at four subsequent time points over 15 years; Black adolescents were intentionally oversampled (50% at baseline). Results: Outcomes related to allowing adolescents to drink at home depended on family structure: Adolescents from intact families who were allowed to drink at home showed the lowest levels of alcohol use and problems over time, whereas those from nonintact families who were allowed to drink at home showed the highest levels of involvement. These results controlled for family history of alcohol problems, consistent parenting styles, and demographic characteristics. Conclusions: Results suggest that allowing adolescents to drink at home is neither inherently protective nor risky but depends on the family context. Implications for the development of adolescent alcohol involvement are discussed. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 76, 661-670, 2015)