Nonfamilial Roles of Alcoholic Women in Treatment

This study compared the educational achievement and employment-related experiences of a sample of 301 alcoholic women in treatment with 137 non-alcoholic matched controls. Alcoholic women were significantly more likely than controls to marry at a younger age and have their first child earlier, had l...

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Published in:Women & health 1999-01, Vol.29 (1), p.73-88
Main Authors: Gomberg, Edith S. Lisansky, Siefert, Kristine, Rosa, Iván A. de la
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Adult
Age
age factors
Age of Onset
Alcoholism
Alcoholism - psychology
Case-Control Studies
Disease
Education
Educational attainment
Employment
Female
Females
First Birth Timing
Health
Humans
Illnesses
Job Satisfaction
Labor Force Participation
Liquor problem
Logistic Models
Marriage Timing
Michigan
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Occupations
Odds Ratio
Preventive medicine
Role
Roles
Social aspects
Social conditions
Social research
Social service
Substance abuse treatment
Treatment
Women
women's health
women's health services
Work environment
Work Experience
Work with alcoholics
workplace
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Summary:This study compared the educational achievement and employment-related experiences of a sample of 301 alcoholic women in treatment with 137 non-alcoholic matched controls. Alcoholic women were significantly more likely than controls to marry at a younger age and have their first child earlier, had less education, and were more likely to be employed in blue collar settings than non-alcoholic women. Alcoholic women were significantly less likely to be working outside the home, and employed alcoholic women were more likely to report boredom in the workplace than employed non-alcoholic women. The lives of alcoholic women include more than their familial roles. More attention to issues of education, employment, and occupational status on the part of health care providers is needed.
ISSN:0363-0242
1541-0331
DOI:10.1300/J013v29n01_06