Study: Long-term marriage and alcohol use

Posted at: 08/20/2012 6:40 AM

Does marriage have an effect on how much alcohol you drink? If you are a woman, a new study says yes.

Researchers from the University of Cincinnati found that long-term marriage appears to curb men's drinking but increases women's.

Overall, men still drank more over the course of a month than women but married men drank significantly less alcohol than divorced or single men.

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