Education matters: longitudinal pathways to mid-life heavy drinking in a national cohort of black Americans.
Nina MuliaJane WitbrodtKatherine J Karriker-JaffeLibo LiCamillia K LuiTamika ZapolskiPublished in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) (2022)
Low childhood socio-economic position among black Americans appears to be associated with subsequent, adverse socio-economic and school experiences that lead to lower educational attainment and, ultimately, greater heavy drinking at mid-life. Interventions that mitigate these earlier, adverse experiences might have indirect effects on mid-life heavy drinking.