pathological and alienated than elderly nonalcoholics. Also, main effects were found for gender on the MAST instrument (men were more abusive and dependent upon alcohol than women) and on the S-W activity participation subscale (women were more impaired in terms of activity than men). Further, on the HSSF, men were found to be lower in social functioning than women.
Alcohol can also depress elderly people's degree of satisfaction with their health and physical condition. This was observed by Singh and Williams (1982) who examined survey data on 1,459 noninstitutionalized persons 65 years of age and older. Results indicated that while there were no age-based differences among these older people, bivariate differences based on sex, race, educational attainment, marital status, working status, and religious attendance were significant contributors to the older person's satisfaction with his/her health and physical condition. Satisfaction levels, however, began to fa
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