title: [Sex differences among clients attending the outpatient clinic for alcoholics in the County of Vejle].
abstract: A questionnaire investigation was undertaken in the four outpatient clinics for alcoholics in the County of Vejle in 1989. A total of 246 clients participated. The object was to illustrate differences and similarities between the sexes and aspects of the abuse. No differences were found as regards the frequency of unemployment and retirement or the housing conditions but the women were more frequently unemployed for 36 months or more. Where both sexes were concerned, the clients most frequently lived alone. The male clients had more frequently lost their employment, experienced failure of partnership, lost their driving licences or had been in detention on account of the abuse. Women were more frequently untrained, their incomes were lower, they had more frequently received public assistance and belonged most frequently to social group V. Women had more frequently children under the age of 16 years in the home and were more frequently alone with their children. Women had more frequently a partner who was addicted. Only women had children who had been placed under care. Women sought treatment earlier than men. The female clients thus appear to require particular attention and support because their social conditions, including those of their families, were, in general, worse than those of the male clients.
authors.affiliation: Psykiatrisk afdeling, Horsens Sygehus.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Ewald
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Boller
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Simonsen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Kønsforskelle blandt klienterne i alkoholambulatorierne i Vejle Amt.