Citation

Hill TD, Nielsen AL, Angel RJ. Subst. Use Misuse 2009; 44(5): 684-701.

Affiliation

Department of Sociology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10826080802486012

PMID

19306220

Abstract

Using data from the Welfare, Children, and Families project (1999), a probability sample of 2,280 low-income women with children living in low-income neighborhoods in Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio, we examine the effects of relationship violence before age 18 and in the past year on frequency of adult intoxication. Results obtained from a series of ordered logistic regression models suggest that sexual coercion before age 18 and minor and severe physical assault in the past year are independently associated with greater frequency of intoxication, net of a range of sociodemographic controls. The study's limitations are noted.

Language: en