Effects of Pregnancy and Birth on Smoking and Drinking Behaviours: A Comparative Study Between Men and Women

Eiji Yamamura () and Yoshiro Tsutsui ()

The Japanese Economic Review, 2019, vol. 70, issue 2, No 4, 210-234

Abstract: Abstract Using panel data obtained from monthly surveys for 3 years, we examined how the effects of life events on smoking and drinking behaviours differ between men and women. The key findings were that: (i) consumption of alcohol and cigarettes by men and women were lower during pregnancy and after childbirth than before pregnancy; (ii) pregnancy and childbirth led women to stop drinking and led men to reduce their alcohol consumption but not to stop drinking; and (iii) marriage, pregnancy and childbirth led women to stop smoking and marriage and birth led men to stop smoking but the effects of pregnancy on men are unclear.

Keywords: I12; D03 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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