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Author: Anderson, Carter
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1. Teachman, Jay D.
Anderson, Carter
Tedrow, Lucky M.
Military Service and Alcohol Use
Presented: Boston MA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, May 2014
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Population Association of America
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Gender Differences; Military Service; Modeling, Fixed Effects; Veterans

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

It is well known that enlistees and veterans are more likely to use alcohol than civilians. However, most of this research is potentially biased in that it often does not employ control variables and is based on cross-sectional data. Much of this research also fails to consider the relationship between military service and alcohol use among women. Using longitudinal data from the 1997 National Longitudinal Study of Youth, we investigate the relationship between military service and alcohol use using a fixed-effects approach. We find that military service appears to encourage young men to consume alcohol. Also, the effect of military service is not limited to the time that men spend in the military in that male veterans are also more likely to consume alcohol than are comparable civilians. We find, however, that women who serve, both enlistees and veterans, are less likely to drink than their civilian counterparts.
Bibliography Citation
Teachman, Jay D., Carter Anderson and Lucky M. Tedrow. "Military Service and Alcohol Use." Presented: Boston MA, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, May 2014.
2. Teachman, Jay D.
Anderson, Carter
Tedrow, Lucky M.
Military Service and Alcohol Use in the United States
Armed Forces and Society 41,3 (July 2015): 460-476.
Also: http://afs.sagepub.com/content/41/3/460.abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces & Society
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Gender Differences; Military Service; Modeling, Fixed Effects

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

It is well known that enlistees and veterans in the United States are more likely to use alcohol than civilians. However, most of this research is potentially biased in that it often does not employ control variables (other than age) and is based on cross-sectional data. Much of this research also fails to consider the relationship between military service and alcohol use among women. Using longitudinal data taken from the 1997 National Longitudinal Study of Youth, we investigate the relationship between military service and alcohol consumption employing a fixed-effects approach. We find that military service appears to encourage young men to consume alcohol. It is also the case that the effect of military service is not limited to the time that men spend in the military given that male veterans are also more likely to consume alcohol than are comparable nonveterans. We find, however, that women who serve, both enlistees and veterans, are less likely to drink than their civilian counterparts.
Bibliography Citation
Teachman, Jay D., Carter Anderson and Lucky M. Tedrow. "Military Service and Alcohol Use in the United States." Armed Forces and Society 41,3 (July 2015): 460-476.
3. Teachman, Jay D.
Tedrow, Lucky M.
Anderson, Carter
The Relationship between Military Service and Childbearing for Men and Women
Sociological Perspectives 58,4 (December 2015): 595-608.
Also: http://spx.sagepub.com/content/58/4/595.abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Pacific Sociological Association
Keyword(s): Childbearing; Fertility; Gender Differences; Military Service; Modeling, Fixed Effects

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

Using data taken from the 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY-97), we examine the relationship between military service and childbearing for both men and women. Using a fixed-effects procedure on longitudinal data, we find that military service reduces the fertility of male and female recruits. The negative effect of military service is much larger for women than for men. In addition, the negative effects of military service on childbearing persist after service members leave the military, although the effects diminish over time. Overall, even though military service may not lead to lower completed fertility, the evidence suggests a delaying effect on childbearing.
Bibliography Citation
Teachman, Jay D., Lucky M. Tedrow and Carter Anderson. "The Relationship between Military Service and Childbearing for Men and Women." Sociological Perspectives 58,4 (December 2015): 595-608.