Citation

Duncan GJ, Wilkerson B, England P. Demography 2006; 43(4): 691-710.

Affiliation

Northwestern University, Institute for Policy Research, 2040 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. greg-duncan@northwestern.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Population Association of America, Publisher Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

17236542

Abstract

We use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to estimate changes in binge drinking, marijuana use, and cigarette smoking surrounding young adults' first experiences of cohabitation and marriage. Both marriage and cohabitation are accompanied by decreases in some risk behaviors, but reductions surrounding marriage are larger and most consistent, particularly for men. Binge drinking and marijuana use respond to these events, especially marriage, but smoking does not.

Language: en