Age Differences in the Longitudinal Relationship between Work-Family Conflict and Alcohol Use
Table 2
Unstandardized regression results predicting average number of drinks per day (W3).
Sex
Both sexes
Men
Women
Age
Under 34 ()
34–45 ()
Over 45 ()
Under 34 ()
34–45 ()
Over 45 ()
Under 34 ()
34–45 ()
Over 45 ()
W1 variable
(SE)
(SE)
(SE)
(SE)
(SE)
(SE)
(SE)
(SE)
(SE)
Work-family time
.06 (.09)
.11 (.09)
.24 (.09)*
−.21 (.15)
.17 (.12)
.32 (.12)*
.06 (.14)
.03 (.14)
.07 (.11)
Work-family strain
−.22 (.11)*†
−.07 (.10)
−.15 (.12)
.03 (.12)
−.07 (.10)
−.06 (.12)
−.32 (.12)*
−.05 ()
−.26 (.15)
Family-work time
−.29 (.14)*
−.49 (.17)*
−.45 (.17)*
−.23 (.11)*
−.13 (.21)
−.30 (.12)*
.08 (.14)
Family-work strain
.39 (.10)*
−.05 ()b
−.03 (.12)y
.18 (.16)
.24 (.13)
−.05 (.18)
Sex
−.21 (.14)
−.03 (.15)
−.16 (.10)
Race
−.15 (.18)
.08 (.12)
−.08 (.09)
.07 (.38)
.03 (.15)
−.07 (.13)
−.22 (.20)
.13 (.14)
−.17 (.14)
Marital status
.21 (.18)
.32 (.16)*
−.09 (.14)
.48 (.42)
.15 (.30)
−.12 (.14)
.22 (.10)
.35 (.22)
−.09 (.18)
Income
−.05 (.04)
−.07 (.04)*
−.05 (.04)
−.20 (.11)
−.06 (.05)
−.08 (.04)
−.01 (.04)
−.09 (.08)
−.04 (.05)
Hours usually worked
.00 (.00)a
−.01 (.00)a
.01 (.01)*
−.01 (.01)*
.01 (.00)*
.00 (.00)
.00 (.01)
.01 (.01)*
Children cared for
−.04 (.07)
.01 (.04)
−.01 (.03)
−.05 (.12)
−.02 (.05)
−.01 (.04)
−.03 (.08)
.11 (.06)
−.07 (.07)
Children under 6 cared for
−.25 (16)
.02 (.09)
−.18 (.12)
−.16 (.37)
−.08 (.12)
−.19 (.12)
.10 (.16)y
.11 (.25)
Adults cared for
−.02 (.08)
−.04 (.07)
−.05 (.04)
−.25 (.13)
−.08 (.10)
.00 (.06)
−.04 (.09)
.03 (.10)
−.06 (.05)
Avg drinks per day (W1)
.15 (.04)*
.13 (.03)*
.20 (.03)*
.17 (.06)*
.14 (.04)*
.19 (.02)*
.15 (.07)*
.07 (.06)x
Notes: W1: wave 1; W3: wave 3. . A significant sex difference not taking age into account. . Significant age differences not taking sex into account. . Age differences within sex. .
