Exploring the relationship between macroeconomic conditions and problem drinking as captured by Google searches in the US

被引：28

作者：

Frijters, Paul ^{[1
]}

Johnston, David W. ^{[2
]}

Lordan, Grace ^{[3
]}

Shields, Michael A. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Queensland, Dept Econ, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia

[2] Monash Univ, Ctr Hlth Econ, Clayton, Vic 3800, Australia

[3] LSE, Dept Social Policy, London, England

来源：

SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE | 2013年 / 84卷

关键词：

United States; Recession; Alcoholism; Global financial crisis; Google insights; ECONOMIC-CONDITIONS; UNITED-STATES; HEALTH-CARE; ALCOHOL; INTERNET; MORTALITY; HARM; CONSUMPTION; INFORMATION; RECESSION;

D O I：

10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.01.028

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

There is considerable policy interest in the impact of macroeconomic conditions on health-related behaviours and outcomes. This paper sheds new light on this issue by exploring the relationship between macroeconomic conditions and an indicator of problem drinking derived from state-level data on alcoholism-related Google searches conducted in the US over the period 2004-2011. We find the current recessionary period coincided with an almost 20% increase in alcoholism-related searches. Controlling for state and time-effects, a 5% rise in unemployment is followed in the next 12 months by an approximate 15% increase in searches. The use of Internet searches to inform on health-related behaviours and outcomes is in its infancy; but we suggest that the data provides important real-time information for policy-makers and can help to overcome the under-reporting in surveys of sensitive information. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：61 / 68

页数：8

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