title: Sex and marital status in relation to the characteristics of alcoholics.
abstract: Data on 392 married and unmarried men and women alcoholics suggest that certain social antecedents and drinking patterns represent genuine sex differences and are independent of marital status. However, marital status was related to severity of alcoholism, particularly with respect to personal background characteristics and to psychological functioning at the time of treatment.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012649:Self Concept; D012651:Self Medication; D012737:Sex Factors; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D012931:Social Environment