Open AccessLevel of education and alcohol abuse and dependence in adulthood: a further inquiry.
Author(s) -
Rosa M. Crum,
John E. Helzer,
James C. Anthony
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.83.6.830
Subject(s) - alcohol abuse , medicine , substance abuse , incidence (geometry) , psychology , psychiatry , demography , alcohol dependence , alcohol , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , sociology , optics
Prospectively gathered data were used to reexamine and to strengthen previously described observations about education and the risk of alcohol abuse and dependence. The hypothesis was that individuals who dropped out of high school and those who entered college but failed to get a college degree might be at increased risk for an alcohol disorder.