Title
Some Alcohol-Related Consequences for Women May Signal an Escape from Interpersonal Violence
Document Type
Article
Keywords
Alcohol; Consequences; Women; Women of Color
Identifier Data
10.4236/aasoci.2021.114013
Publisher
Scientific Research
Publication Source
Advances in Applied Sociology
Rights Management
open access
Abstract
Alcohol-related negative consequences can be very costly and emotionally devastating for those with Alcohol Use Disorder and those around them. Such, consequences include driving under the influence motor vehicle accident fatalities, other accidental deaths, and cirrhosis. We investigate two main queries using the data from Project COMBINE (Anton et al., 2006) to determine which negative consequences are most frequent for women, and to determine whether there are differences across ethnicity (for women) on negative consequences. The research method is secondary data analysis. An interpretation of the results turns the typical perspective on its head: We posit that results suggest women are escaping from interpersonal violence, which is of course an excellent outcome.
