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Abstract
A sample of three hundred and nine alcoholic and non-alcoholic women in South Carolina were asked three family of origin questions that were thought to relate to the development of alcoholism. Specifically the women were asked: “While you were growing up did anyone in your family (1) drink a lot, (2) use drugs, and (3) serve a jail sentence.” Results of multivariate odds ratio analyses indicate that alcoholic women were 7.31 times more likely to report a family member who drank a lot, 3.57 times more likely to report a family member who used drugs, and 5.6 times more likely to report a family member who served a jail sentence in their families of origin. The prediction of alcoholism by any of these family of origin variables did not differ as a function of age or race.