Drug use in separated/divorced persons: Gender, parental status, and socio-economic status

Anne-Marie Ambert

Social Science & Medicine, 1982, vol. 16, issue 9, 971-976

Abstract: The purpose of this research was to explore drug use in a group of 49 separated/divorced persons. We differentiated between nonprescribed, prescribed psychotropic drugs, and other prescribed drugs. The research technique consisted of 3-h in-depth interviews. The independent variables were gender, socio-economic status, and the subjects' own parental status. Contrary to earlier studies, we found a higher drug use among men than women. Combinations of gender with socio-economic status followed different drug use patterns. Higher-status custodial mothers and custodial fathers had the lowest drug use. These results are explored within the framework of gender role atypicality, and suggest that intra-sex variations may be more meaningful to research than broad comparisons between men and women.

Date: 1982
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