Table 2

Fixed effects of unconditional and adjusted growth models of weekly alcohol consumption from age 33–50 by labour market category for men and women of the National Child Development Study (UK)

	Unconditional model				Adjusted model*
	β	95% CI		p Value	β	95% CI		p Value
Men
Intercept†	15.84	15.23	16.45	0.000	15.46	14.83	16.08	0.000
Mainly full-time employed	(ref.)				(ref.)
Mainly part-time or unemployed	−1.16	−6.26	3.93	0.655	−1.72	−6.81	3.36	0.507
Became unstable	1.98	−1.33	5.29	0.241	1.90	−1.39	5.20	0.257
Mainly sick or became sick	3.96	0.42	7.51	0.028	3.22	−0.33	6.76	0.075
Other	3.50	1.44	5.57	0.001	3.17	1.11	5.23	0.003
Slope‡	−0.14	−0.18	−0.11	0.000	−0.14	−0.18	−0.11	0.000
Mainly full-time employed	(ref.)				(ref.)
Mainly part-time or unemployed	−0.17	−0.48	0.15	0.298	−0.16	−0.47	0.15	0.321
Became unstable	−0.11	−0.31	0.09	0.273	−0.11	−0.30	0.09	0.283
Mainly sick or became sick	−0.36	−0.57	−0.15	0.001	−0.36	−0.58	−0.15	0.001
Other	−0.15	−0.28	−0.02	0.024	−0.16	−0.29	−0.04	0.012
No cohabiting partner					2.18	1.41	2.96	0.000
Women
Intercept†	5.40	5.13	5.67	0.000	6.32	5.77	6.87	0.000
Mainly employed (full-time/part-time)	(ref.)				(ref.)
Mainly homemaker	−1.67	−2.57	−0.76	0.000	−1.43	−2.33	−0.52	0.002
From employed to homemaker	1.56	−0.14	3.26	0.073	1.30	−0.39	2.99	0.132
From homemaker to employed	−1.81	−2.45	−1.16	0.000	−1.65	−2.28	−1.01	0.000
Mainly sick or became sick	−0.52	−1.87	0.84	0.456	−0.81	−2.18	0.56	0.246
Other	−0.66	−1.28	−0.04	0.037	−0.59	−1.22	0.03	0.064
High qualifications					(ref.)
Medium qualification					−1.03	−1.65	−0.40	0.001
Low qualifications					−1.42	−1.98	−0.85	0.000
Malaise score >7					0.92	0.13	1.70	0.022
Slope‡	0.06	0.04	0.08	0.000	0.06	0.04	0.08	0.000
Mainly employed (full-time/part-time)	(ref.)				(ref.)
Mainly homemaker	0.02	−0.04	0.08	0.529	0.02	−0.04	0.08	0.488
From employed to homemaker	0.00	−0.11	0.12	0.972	0.02	−0.09	0.14	0.684
From homemaker to employed	0.05	0.01	0.09	0.024	0.05	0.01	0.09	0.025
Mainly sick or became sick	−0.11	−0.20	−0.02	0.019	−0.10	−0.19	0.00	0.046
Other	−0.01	−0.06	0.03	0.559	−0.01	−0.06	0.03	0.521
No cohabiting partner					0.50	0.16	0.83	0.004
Malaise score >7					−0.06	−0.11	0.00	0.035

*Men adjusted for partnership status. Women adjusted for partnership status, highest qualifications at age 33 and malaise score at age 33.
†Reflects alcohol consumption at age 33.
‡Change in alcohol consumption per year increase in age.