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Married Women More Apt To Drink Than Single Women

Women in long-term marriages drink slightly more than their single peers. Why? According to Corinne Reczek, lead author on this not-yet-published study, it’s not because marriage makes women unhappy, which prompts them to drown their sorrows in booze. It’s because men, on average, drink more than women, and once they’re hitched their drinking habits dovetail. [...]