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Article: Are U.S. women drinking less (or more)? Historical and aging trends, 1981-2001 *.
- Article from:
- Journal of Studies on Alcohol
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
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FEW PATTERNS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR are universal, recurring in every known era and culture. One apparently universal pattern is that men consume more alcohol, and get into more trouble because of their alcohol consumption, than women do. Judging from historical, ethnographic, and survey research, a higher male prevalence of drinking, heavy drinking, and problem drinking has been evident from the Roman Empire to 20th century industrialized societies and from the beer gardens of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, to the saloons of Seoul, South Korea (Gefou-Madianou, 1992; Park et al., 1998; R.W. Wilsnack et al., 2000; Wolcott, 1974).
Despite this consistent pattern, in recent decades ...