A structural equation model of the effect of poverty and unemployment on alcohol abuse

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 405-423

  Khan, Shaila ^a   Murray, Robert P ^b   Barnes, Gordon E ^c  

^a TOUGALOO COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Cross sectional model of alcohol use; Effect of gender on alcohol use; Longitudinal model of alcohol use; Non standard structural equation model; Poverty; Structural Equation Model; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POVERTY; STRESS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SEX FACTORS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0036219518     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4603(01)00181-2     Document Type: Article

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