In both older and young cohorts, a consistent pattern of overall delayed reproduction was observed for alcoholic compared to non-alcoholic women, with little effect of AD on reproductive timing in men. In the older cohort, born between 1893 and 1964, history of AD was associated with delayed reproduction in women, but particularly after age 29. In the young cohort, born between 1964 and 1971, AD was associated with delayed reproduction after age 24 in both women and men. Adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics, regular smoking, history of psychopathology, and family and childhood risks, AD was predictive of delayed childbearing in women, but without age interaction in the young cohort. A similar pattern of delayed reproduction was observed with AD and other relevant control variables treated as time-varying predictors in the young cohort. Although early alcohol use and misuse increase risk for high risk sexual behavior associated with very early a childbearing, no evidence for age interactions specific to adolescence was evident.
