Finding

 


This finding looks at the relationship between marital status and alcohol problems.

Respondents who were cohabiting reported nearly three times more alcohol problems than married respondents and about 25 percent more than non-cohabiting single peers. Cohabiting men reported more alcohol problems than both married and single men, and cohabiting women reported more alcohol problems than married women.


Sample or Data Description
Data come from the Rutgers Health and Human Development Project; 1380 participants were first interviewed between 1979 and 1981, when they were aged 12, 15 and 18. They were re-interviewed in 1982-1984, 1985-1987, and in 1992-1994. The analytic sample consists of 1,220 individuals.


Source
"The Relationship of Cohabitation and Mental Health: A Study of a Young Adult Cohort"
Horwitz, Allan, V.
White, Helene, R.
Journal of Marriage and Family Vol. 60, Number . May, 1998. Page(s) 505-514.


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