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Gender Roles, Family, and Drinking: Women at the Crossroad of Drinking Cultures

Department of Sociology at Stockholm University in Sweden

During the postwar era, extensive changes in family structure and gender roles have occurred in Western countries. The aim for this study was to see if processes of change and convergence in gender roles have led to new drinking patterns among Swedish women. Data were collected from a survey conducted in 1979 and replicated in 2003. For this study, data on aspects of drinking patterns and problems were combined with demographics and indicators of social situation. For one of the drinking pattern indicators, the assumption of convergence between the sexes was confirmed. Generally, though, differences in drinking patterns are at hand among both women and men in the same direction. Also, social background factors and demographics have weaker explanatory power today compared to the late 1970s.

Key Words: drinking • patterns • problems • gender • lifestyle • convergence

Journal of Family History, Vol. 29, No. 3, 293-307 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0363199004266906


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