Parental alcohol use disorder and offspring marital outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

We tested whether parental alcohol use disorder (AUD) predicted adult offspring's likelihood of marriage and marriage to an AUD-affected spouse; whether effects differed as a function of the sex or number of affected parents; and whether they were robust to confounders.

Design

Sex-stratified Cox and logistic regression models.

Setting

Sweden.

Participants

A total of 1 171 070 individuals (51.40% male) born 1965-75.

Measurements

Obtained from legal, medical and pharmacy registries. Predictor was parent AUD. Outcomes were marriage and spouse AUD. Adjustments included offspring birth year and AUD; and parental education, marriage, divorce, criminal behavior and drug abuse.

Findings

Male and female offspring of AUD-affected parents were more like

SUBMITTER: Salvatore JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6333305 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature