relative to White women at equal levels of alcohol consumption (Witbrodt et al., 2014). In addition, Black men have higher rates of alcohol-related problems among those with low levels of heavy drinking (Witbrodt et al., 2014); higher rates of incident alcohol disorders among Black compared with White women, although not among Black compared with White men over the age of 29 (Grant et al., 2012). Thus, examining the intersection of race and gender when examining patterns of substance use over time may yield important insights about the processes that underlie racial/ethnic differences in substance use across the lifecourse.
