Trend analysis and modelling of gender-specific age, period and birth cohort effects on alcohol abstention and consumption level for drinkers in Great Britain using the General Lifestyle Survey 1984-2009

Addiction

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 206-215

  Meng, Yang ^a   Holmes, John ^a   Hill Mcmanus, Daniel ^a   Brennan, Alan ^a   Meier, Petra Sylvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abstention; Age period cohort modelling; Alcohol; Time series; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892375402     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12330     Document Type: Article

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