It is shown, using a large national survey, that risk taking attitude influences both heavy and daily drinking. There are also significant effects of age, religion, education and situational factors. Some factors also differ by gender notably the effect of working away from home.

Economists have generally ignored the family in micro-economic theory by treating households as one person. Becker’s allocation of time theory has spawned a number of labour supply studies which claim to take account of the family. It is argued in this paper that the labour supply...