Social demographic characteristics, alcohol use/abuse and drinking related harms of a nationally representative sample of college students in 1997 and 1999
| Variables | Number(weighted%) | Alcohol abuse (weighted%) | Consumption styles (weighted %) | Five or more harms† (weighted %) | Three or more secondhand effect‡ (among non-bingers) (weighted %) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drinking on 10+ occasions in the past month | Usually binge | Drunk on 3+occasions in the past month | Drink to get drunk | Binge drinking in college | Uptake binge drinking in college (among freshman) | |||||
| *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001. †Composite variable reflecting self report of five or more separate harms attributable to one’s own drinking. ‡Composite variable reflecting self report of three or more separate harms attributable to drinking by others. | ||||||||||
| Age | ||||||||||
| <21 | 13652 (49.24) | 25.34*** | 21.90*** | 54.11*** | 35.52*** | 60.41*** | 45.34*** | 18.41*** | 23.05*** | 38.43*** |
| 21–23 | 9523 (35.40) | 24.34 | 25.39 | 37.82 | 29.02 | 48.14 | 49.62 | 16.36 | 21.65 | 27.91 |
| >23 | 4426 (15.36) | 11.17 | 16.49 | 24.43 | 13.13 | 26.36 | 29.15 | 13.01 | 10.15 | 12.77 |
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Male | 10841 (46.56) | 27.17*** | 29.32*** | 45.30*** | 35.21*** | 56.78*** | 49.80*** | 18.37 | 25.58*** | 30.40 |
| Female | 16741 (53.44) | 19.20 | 16.09 | 41.95 | 24.84 | 45.67 | 39.66 | 18.11 | 16.35 | 29.83 |
| Race | ||||||||||
| White | 21121 (76.62) | 25.92*** | 24.41*** | 46.35*** | 32.60*** | 53.89*** | 49.50*** | 19.29*** | 22.69*** | 31.63*** |
| Black | 1615 (6.07) | 9.44 | 8.53 | 21.56 | 8.98 | 30.42 | 18.39 | 11.08 | 8.56 | 26.32 |
| Asian | 2174 (8.48) | 11.26 | 10.36 | 30.64 | 19.71 | 43.06 | 23.98 | 12.69 | 11.83 | 24.68 |
| Others | 2217 (8.84) | 19.17 | 19.11 | 36.83 | 20.56 | 41.34 | 38.95 | 21.42 | 12.64 | 29.65 |
| SES | ||||||||||
| High | 15008 (54.60) | 24.95*** | 24.65*** | 43.99 | 32.24*** | 54.62*** | 47.63*** | 20.10*** | 22.06*** | 34.05*** |
| Middle | 6991 (25.24) | 23.11 | 20.87 | 44.66*** | 28.21 | 48.42 | 44.11 | 17.03 | 20.92 | 28.08 |
| Low | 5258 (18.59) | 17.55 | 17.97 | 41.11 | 24.68 | 43.04 | 35.82 | 13.83 | 16.04 | 23.28 |
| Greek membership | ||||||||||
| Yes | 3700 (13.81) | 37.42*** | 31.19*** | 54.98*** | 42.06*** | 59,49*** | 67.44*** | 25.45*** | 32.67*** | 45.67*** |
| No | 23836 (86.19) | 20.59 | 20.68 | 41.17 | 27.27 | 49.20 | 40.70 | 17.24 | 18.33 | 28.69 |
| Individual volunteerism | ||||||||||
| >mean | 6982 (24.45) | 18.06*** | 18.71*** | 39.16*** | 24.89*** | 44.62*** | 37.55*** | 14.84*** | 17.41*** | 33.40*** |
| ⩽mean | 20705 (75.55) | 24.44 | 23.55 | 44.80 | 31.23 | 52.61 | 46.60 | 19.11 | 21.56 | 28.82 |
| Social capital | ||||||||||
| >mean | 11803 (42.60) | 25.99*** | 20.32** | 40.48*** | 26.21*** | 47.15*** | 39.18*** | 16.81* | 17.58*** | 25.76*** |
| ⩽mean | 15884 (57.40) | 29.83 | 22.21 | 44.79 | 30.29 | 51.43 | 46.79 | 19.01 | 21.08*** | 32.90 |