READING 2

CHANGING LIFESTYLES

The past couple of decades have seen the rise of a class of professionals
in their 20s and 30s who typically have high disposable incomes and few
responsibilities.

The rise of women in paid employment and the corresponding increase

in disposable income has fuelled the increase in alcohol consumption.
Young women -those without family responsibilities- seem best able to
fund the habit.

The tendency towards "extended youth" -people putting off marriage

and children- may well have contributed towards the trend of higher
consumption of alcohol, among both women and men.

Taken from:
http://www.cuentoseningles.com.ar/articles/women/womenandbooze.html