TY - JOUR
T1 - Cleaning up their act
T2 - The effects of marriage and cohabitation on licit and illicit drug use
AU - Duncan, Greg J.
AU - Wilkerson, Bessie
AU - England, Paula
PY - 2006/11
Y1 - 2006/11
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1353/dem.2006.0032
DO - 10.1353/dem.2006.0032
M3 - Article
C2 - 17236542
AN - SCOPUS:33845488533
SN - 0070-3370
VL - 43
SP - 691
EP - 710
JO - Demography
JF - Demography
IS - 4
ER -