Job Satisfaction and Alcohol Consumption: Empirical Evidence from China

Yuna Ma, Jiafeng Gu and Ruixi Lv
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Yuna Ma: Department of Social Work, School of Social Work, China Youth University for Political Sciences, Beijing 100091, China
Jiafeng Gu: Institute of Social Science Survey, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Ruixi Lv: Department of Applied Mathematics, School of Science, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210042, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 2, 1-15

Abstract: Despite growing attention to job satisfaction as a social determinant of alcohol-related behaviors, few studies focus on its diverse impacts on alcohol consumption. Using data from the China Family Panel Study in 2018, this study uses logistic regression analysis to examine how job satisfaction affects alcohol consumption in China, finding that people who were satisfied with their jobs were more likely to be regularly drinking. Employed people who were satisfied with their working environment and working hours were more likely to regularly drink, but those who were satisfied with their wages and working security were less likely to be regularly drinking. Findings suggest that the link between job satisfaction and alcohol consumption is dynamic. Employment policies, working wellbeing improvement programs, and alcohol policy improvement should, therefore, be designed on the basis of a comprehensive account of entire job-related attitudes.

Keywords: job satisfaction; alcohol consumption; working; logistic regression; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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