National study of the demography of adolescent drinking practices in 1980

J Stud Alcohol. 1983 Nov;44(6):974-85. doi: 10.15288/jsa.1983.44.974.

Abstract

According to a national survey, adolescent drinking patterns appear to have remained relatively stable in the last half decade. Among those aged 16-18, 73% are drinkers; drinking and drunkenness continue to be age- and sex-graded phenomena.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Alcohol Drinking*
  • Alcoholic Intoxication / epidemiology*
  • Alcoholism / epidemiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Social Environment
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • United States