Are there gender effects in the relation between alcohol consumption and self-assessed health?

Catherine Gaumé, Université Catholique de Louvain
Catherine Gourbin, Université Catholique de Louvain

The aim of the present study is to compare, for Belgium, in 2001 and 2004, the association linking alcohol consumption (frequency and amount) and self-assessed health for males and females after adjusting for age, education, income, physical and mental health, self-efficacy, social support. We assume that the association will be different between males and females, though this topic has rarely been examined in the literature.