An Application of Convergence Theory to Women's Drinking and Driving

Autor:	Jacqueline Bergdahl
Rok vydání:	2000
Předmět:	Gender Studies Blood alcohol Fatal accident Convergence (relationship) Symbolic convergence theory Psychology Law Single vehicle crash Social psychology Demography
Zdroj:	Women & Criminal Justice. 10:93-107
ISSN:	1541-0323 0897-4454
DOI:	10.1300/j012v10n04_05
Popis:	Convergence theory hypothesizes that as the social roles of the sexes equalize, there will be less differentiation in the social behavior of men and women. Fatal Accident Reporting Systems (FARS) data from 1982 through 1991 were utilized to investigate the convergence hypothesis regarding drinking and driving as a possible explanation for women's increased single vehicle crash deaths. Only driver fatalities were studied: N = 125,504 (17.6% female) with a subset, N = 42,129 (15.3% female) selected by quality of blood alcohol concentration (BAC) reporting for examining alcohol use. Drinking and driving for both sexes has decreased over the ten-year period. Convergence in drinking and driving behavior is not a viable explanation of women's increased traffic deaths. Women now are as likely as men to have a driver's license and women have also increased their annual mileage. Increased exposure to traffic death may provide a better explanation of women's increasing fatalities.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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