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Estimating Alcohol‐related Absenteeism in New Zealand
Author(s) -
CASSWELL SALLY,
GILMORE LYNNETTE,
ASHTON TONI
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1988.tb02597.x
Subject(s) - absenteeism , alcohol , heavy drinking , environmental health , population , demography , medicine , psychology , social psychology , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , biology , biochemistry , sociology
Summary Absence from work has often been regarded as a major contributor to the economic costs imposed by alcohol use. Utilising general population Survey data, this study used a variety of methods to identify those days of reported absence which were likely to be alcohol related. No clear relationship was found between heavy drinking and overall absenteeism. However, regardless of the way in which alcohol‐related absenteeism was assessed there was a higher probability of occurrence among those classified as heavy drinkers. This suggests that there are clear differences between heavy and non‐heavy drinkers in relation to only certain kinds of absenteeism.