Department of Economics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0097, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2011 Nov;101(11):2093-101. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.194159. Epub 2011 Feb 17.
We assessed the relation of alcohol consumption in young adulthood to problem alcohol consumption 10 years later and to educational attainment and labor market outcomes at midlife. We considered whether these relations differ between Blacks and Whites.
We classified individuals on the basis of their drinking frequency patterns with data from the 1982 to 1984 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (respondents aged 19-27 years). We assessed alcohol consumption from the 1991 reinterview (respondents aged 26-34 years) and midlife outcomes from the 2006 reinterview (respondents aged 41-49 years).
Black men who consumed 12 or more drinks per week at baseline had lower earnings at midlife, but no corresponding relation for Black women or Whites was found. Black men and Black women who consumed 12 or more drinks per week at baseline had lower occupational attainment than did White male non-drinkers and White female non-drinkers, respectively, but this result was not statistically significant.
The relation between alcohol consumption in young adulthood and important outcomes at midlife differed between Blacks and Whites and between Black men and Black women, although Blacks' alcohol consumption at baseline was lower on average than was that of Whites.
我们评估了青年时期的饮酒量与 10 年后的问题饮酒量以及中年时的教育程度和劳动力市场结果之间的关系。我们考虑了这些关系在黑人和白人之间是否存在差异。
我们根据 1982 年至 1984 年全国青年纵向研究 1979 年（受访者年龄为 19-27 岁）的数据，根据他们的饮酒频率模式对个体进行分类。我们从 1991 年的重访中评估饮酒量（受访者年龄为 26-34 岁），并从 2006 年的重访中评估中年结果（受访者年龄为 41-49 岁）。
基线时每周饮酒 12 杯或以上的黑人男性在中年时的收入较低，但没有发现黑人女性或白人有相应的关系。基线时每周饮酒 12 杯或以上的黑人和黑人女性的职业成就低于白人男性非饮酒者和白人女性非饮酒者，分别，但这一结果没有统计学意义。
青年时期饮酒与中年重要结果之间的关系在黑人和白人之间以及黑人和黑人女性之间存在差异，尽管黑人的基线饮酒量平均低于白人。
