Greg J. Duncan, Bessie Wilkerson,
and Paula England
Abstract
Duncan, Wilkerson, and England use data from the
National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to estimate changes in binge
drinking, marijuana use, and smoking surrounding young adults’
first experience of cohabitation and marriage. They find that
both marriage and cohabitation are accompanied by decreases in
some risk behaviors for both men and women, and estimated reductions
associated with marriage are generally largest. Smoking is much
less responsive to these events than binge drinking and marijuana
use. Women are more likely than men to quit engaging in some of
these behaviors altogether, while reductions in the total volume
of risky behaviors are often larger for men than women, in part
because men engage in the behaviors more frequently.
Greg J. Duncan,Human
Development and Social Policy and Institute for Policy Research,
Northwestern University Bessie Wilkerson,Doctoral Student, Human
Development and Social Policy, Northwestern University Paula England,Sociology and Institute for
Policy Research, Northwestern University
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