Age Differences in the Longitudinal Relationship between Work-Family Conflict and Alcohol Use

Table 4

Unstandardized regression results predicting frequency of drinking to intoxication (W3).

Sex	Both sexes			Men			Women
Age	Under 34; (𝑛=77)	34–45; (𝑛=174)	Over 45; (𝑛=152)	Under 34; (𝑛=30)	34–45; (𝑛=93)	Over 45; (𝑛=83)	Under 34; (𝑛=47)	34–45; (𝑛=81)	Over 45; (𝑛=67)
W1 variable	𝛽 (SE)	𝛽 (SE)	𝛽 (SE)	𝛽 (SE)	𝛽 (SE)	𝛽 (SE)	𝛽 (SE)	𝛽 (SE)	𝛽 (SE)
Work-family time	−.28 (.16)	−.14 (.13)	.14 (.25)^†	.48 (.34)	.13 (.19)	.37 (.19)*	−.18 (.24)	−.27 (.23)	−.35 (.25)
Work-family strain	.42 (.12)^*†	.07 (.18)	.03 (.20)	−.07 (.20)	−.09 (.18)	.03 (.21)	.50 (.20)*	.30 (.36)	−.14 (.41)
Family-work time	−.33 (.13)*	−.48 (.16)*	.01 (.20)^†	−.25 (.12)	−.27 (.21)	−.01 (.24)	−.31(.12)^∗x	−.63(.30)^∗x	1.07(.36)^∗y
Family-work strain	.56(.18)^∗a	.35 (.16)*	−.06 (.23)^b	.19 (.20)	.17 (.18)	−.28 (.26)	.62 (.23)*	.49 (.29)	−.11 (.39)
Sex	−.81(.19)^∗a	−.10 (.20)^b	−.46 (.20)*
Race	−.40 (.21)^†	−.16 (.17)	.38 (.25)^†	.79 (.50)	−.24 (.20)	.23 (.33)	−.63(.31)^∗x	−.16 (.31)^x	.97(.41)^∗y
Marital status	−.08 (.32)	.06 (.24)	−.23 (.27)^†	−.26 (.50)	−.44 (.41)	.05 (.31)	−.04 (.36)^x	.65 (.38)^x	−1.22(.43)^∗y
Income	.11 (.06)^†	.09 (.05)	.00 (.09)	.52(.18)^∗x	.17 (.08)*	−.08 (.11)^y	.08 (.07)	−.03 (.10)	.01 (.15)
Hours usually worked	−.01 (.01)^†	−.01 (.01)	.01 (.01)	−.09(.02)^∗x	−.01 (.01)^y	.01 (.01)^y	.00 (.01)	.00 (.01)	.02 (.01)*
Children cared for	−.08 (.11)	.06 (.09)	.07 (.09)	.24 (.17)	.15 (.11)	.03 (.10)	−.22 (.19)	−.14 (.12)	−.12 (.19)
Children under 6 cared for	−.22 (.31)	.35 (.18)*	−.11 (.28)	−.63 (.62)	.17 (.18)	−.12 (.29)	−.29 (.39)	.70 (.33)*	1.15 (.84)
Adults cared for	−.28(.14)^∗a	.15 (.13)^b	−.36(.12)^∗†b	.12 (.22)	.02 (.18)	−.25 (.15)	−.43(.19)^∗x	.46(.22)^∗y	−.80(.20)^∗z
Freq. of intoxication (W1)	.41(.05)^∗a	.39 (.04)*	.54(.06)^∗†b	.62(.12)^∗x	.37(.04)^∗y	.52 (.08)*	.42(.08)^∗x	.50(.17)^∗x	.93(.13)^∗y

Notes: W1: wave 1; W3: wave 3. ^∗𝑃<.05. †A significant sex difference not taking age into account. 𝑃<.05. a,bSignificant age differences not taking sex into account. 𝑃<.05. x,y,zAge differences within sex. 𝑃<.05.
Results of heavy episodic drinking (defined as 4 or more drinks for women and 5 or more drinks for men in a sitting) as the dependent variable are not shown. Results were the same as the present table or nonsignificant except for the following: there was a negative relation between caring for children under the age of 6 and heavy episodic drinking for those under 34, both sexes; there was a positive relation between hours worked and heavy episodic drinking for men over 45; there was a negative relation between time-based WIF and a positive relation between number of children cared for and heavy episodic drinking for women over 45.