MLHU - Health Status Resource

Figure 5.2.11: Heavy drinking by employment status

Percent of population (19+) drinking five or more drinks at least once a month in the past year, Middlesex-London, 2015/16

Figure 5.2.11: Heavy drinking by employment status
Source: 
Canadian Community Health Survey [2015-2016], Statistics Canada, Share File, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Note: 
*Estimate should be interpreted with caution due to high variability

Those who had a job reported monthly heavy drinking three times as often (30.8%) as those who did not have a job (10.9%). The difference was statistically significant.