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Objectives: The study was conducted to identify the relationships between social support, depression, and problem drinking in some middle aged women. Methods: The subjects of this study were consisted of the 181 married middle aged women whose ages were between 40-59 years living in Anyang area, Self-administered survey was conducted and the questionnaire was comprised of general characteristics of the subjects, social support, depression(CES-D), problem drinking(AUDIT-K). The statistical analysis was done using PASW Statistics 20.0 programs. Results: There were significant negative correlations between social support and problem drinking and depression was positively correlated with problem drinking. The significant factors associated with problem drinking were education, income, and social support in multiple regression analysis. The three factors explanatory power was 19.8%. Conclusion: There were correlations between social support, depression, and problem drinking. Therefore it is necessary to primarily consider social support and depression to effective prevent drinking problems in middle aged women.