BINGE DRINKING, SMOKING AND MARIJUANA USE: THE ROLE OF WOMEN's LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION.
This study analyzed the role of women's labor force participation in relation to binge drinking, smoking and marijuana use among employment age married/cohabiting women. The sample consisted of 956 women who were employed as construction workers (n=104), or were unemployed (n=101), homemakers (n=227) or employed in non-physically demanding occupations (n=524). Results of multivariate logistic regression analyses showed that women construction workers were at elevated risk for smoking and monthly binge drinking; unemployed women were more likely to use marijuana. Women in both categories were at risk for polysubstance use. Additional research is needed to explicate how labor force participation influences women's substance use.
Prevention Research Center, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Oakland, California.
Carol B
CB
Cunradi
Prevention Research Center, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Oakland, California.
Genevieve M
GM
Ames
Prevention Research Center, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Oakland, California ; School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley.
Hong
H
Xiao
Women; labor force participation; substance use