| Titre : | Exploring the relationship between macroeconomic conditions and problem drinking as captured by Google searches in the US. (2013) |
| Auteurs : | FRIJTERS (Paul) : AUS. Department of Economics. University of Queensland. ; David-W JOHNSTON ; LORDAN (Grace) : GBR. Department of Social Policy. Lse. London. ; Michael-A SHIELDS ; Centre of Health Economics. Monash University. AUS |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Social science and medicine (vol. 84, 2013) |
| Pagination : | 61-68 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Alcoolisme ; Internet ; Financement ; Crise ; Connaissance ; Homme ; Amérique ; Amérique du Nord |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS trs7AR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. 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. |
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