This result is in line with most findings on inequalities in unhealthy lifestyle habits (e.g. smoking, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet, obesity), with a range of explanations including health information, time preferences, and intergenerational transmissions. In contrast, for women, the social gradient is reverse, in particular for hazardous drinking. Women with higher education who end up taking better-paid jobs involving higher degrees of responsibility may drink more heavily because they have more stress, and more frequent occasions of socializing and going out with colleague. Besides, these occasions being typically in masculine work environment, they are confronted to higher limits of drinking (Com-Ruelle et al.,