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Author: Faden, Vivian B.
Resulting in 3 citations.
1. Faden, Vivian B.
Graubard, Barry I.
Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy and Infant Birth Weight
Annals of Epidemiology 4,4 (July 1994): 279-284.
Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/1047279794900833
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Elsevier
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Birthweight; Cigarette Use (see Smoking); Pre-natal Care/Exposure; Pre/post Natal Behavior; Pre/post Natal Health Care; Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes; Variables, Independent - Covariate

Heavy maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy has been consistently linked to decreased infant birth weight but the effects of low and moderate levels of drinking on infant birth weight remain unclear. This study addresses the relationship of low to moderate alcohol consumption and birth weight in a nationally representative cohort sample (National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, n = 4409 births). Statistical methods that account for the complex sample design were used in the analysis. Multiple linear regression and logistic regression were used to adjust the relationship between drinking and birth weight for relevant covariates. Results of this study revealed a nonstatistically significant trend in the direction of greater numbers of low-birth-weight babies born to mothers who drank more frequently during pregnancy. A significant interaction between drinking and smoking was found in which the negative effects on birth weight of smoking were less for those women who drank more heavily (P = 0.046).
Bibliography Citation
Faden, Vivian B. and Barry I. Graubard. "Alcohol Consumption During Pregnancy and Infant Birth Weight." Annals of Epidemiology 4,4 (July 1994): 279-284.
2. Hanna, Eleanor Z.
Faden, Vivian B.
Harford, Thomas C.
Marriage: Does It Protect Young Women from Alcoholism?
Journal of Substance Abuse 5,1 (1993): 1-14.
Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/089932899390119V
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Economics Department, Moore School of Business, University of Soutn Carolina
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Marital Status; Marriage; Wives

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

The literature is replete with conflicting articles about the relationship of marital status and drinking in women. This study is an analysis of the drinking practices of women, 24 through 32 years old, who were respondents in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY). Variations in drinking patterns for the years 1982 through 1988 as a function of changes in marital status are detailed. Findings indicated that women who married or remarried decreased drinking, whereas those who became separated or divorced increased drinking. In the present study, women with alcoholic spouses exhibited similar changes in drinking as did other young women. Our conclusion was that the instability created by a change in social position, namely marital status, led to changes in drinking patterns during the study interval in the direction of those associated with the new social position.
Bibliography Citation
Hanna, Eleanor Z., Vivian B. Faden and Thomas C. Harford. "Marriage: Does It Protect Young Women from Alcoholism?" Journal of Substance Abuse 5,1 (1993): 1-14.
3. Harford, Thomas C.
Hanna, Eleanor Z.
Faden, Vivian B.
The Long- and Short-Term Effects of Marriage on Drinking
Journal of Substance Abuse 6,2 (1994): 209-217.
Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0899328994902291
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Economics Department, Moore School of Business, University of Soutn Carolina
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Divorce; Epidemiology; Family History; Gender Differences; Marital Status; Marriage; Minority Groups; Rehabilitation

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

Data from the 11-year National Longitudinal Survey of Labor Market Experience of Youth are used to examine both short- and long-term effects of marital status on alcohol consumption and to assess the relationship between gender and heavy drinking patterns on the marital-alcohol consumption relationship. Race, gender, history of heavy drinking, and alcoholic relatives were additional key variables utilized in the analysis. Multiple regression analysis indicates that long-term marriage was associated with decreased drinking, except among women with a history of heavy drinking. Separation and divorce were not associated with long-term effects on current drinking, but divorce was associated with decreased drinking, at least in the short term, for men and women with a family history of alcoholism.
Bibliography Citation
Harford, Thomas C., Eleanor Z. Hanna and Vivian B. Faden. "The Long- and Short-Term Effects of Marriage on Drinking." Journal of Substance Abuse 6,2 (1994): 209-217.