2000
DOI: 10.1080/07448480009599305
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College Binge Drinking in the 1990s: A Continuing Problem Results of the Harvard School of Public Health 1999 College Alcohol Study

Abstract: In 1999, the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study resurveyed colleges that participated in the 1993 and 1997 surveys. Responses to mail questionnaires from more than 14,000 students at 119 nationally representative 4-year colleges in 39 states were compared with responses received in 1997 and 1993. Two of 5 students (44%) were binge drinkers in 1999, the same rate as in 1993. However, both abstention and frequent binge-drinking rates increased significantly. In 1999, 19% were abstainers, and 2… Show more

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“…It is thus important to consider the behavioral attributes which may be changing in younger adult culture. We know they drink more,14, 15, 16 and they engage in riskier sexual behaviors21, 22 than earlier generations. HPV is associated with cancers in other organs,44 and we know that alcohol has a greater impact on the rectal subsite 45.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%
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“…It is thus important to consider the behavioral attributes which may be changing in younger adult culture. We know they drink more,14, 15, 16 and they engage in riskier sexual behaviors21, 22 than earlier generations. HPV is associated with cancers in other organs,44 and we know that alcohol has a greater impact on the rectal subsite 45.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…For example, a higher proportion of younger adults (ages 20‐49) report current smoking behaviors compared to screening age adults (18% vs 12%, respectively) (BFRSS). Episodic heavy alcohol use or “binge drinking” became the number one health problem affecting college students in the 1990s; a behavior which does not appear to have changed over time 14, 15. Binge drinking remains higher in younger adults at 23% compared to 9% for screening age adults; the highest proportion of self‐reported binge drinking, occurring in those ages between 20 and 29 (30%) 16.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Frequency of binge drinking was the number of times males drank fi ve or more and females drank four or more alcoholic drinks in a row in the prior 30 days ( Wechsler, Lee, Kuo, & Lee, 2000 ). Participants were trichotomized as non -binge drinkers (zero times), infrequent binge drinkers (one to two times), and frequent binge drinkers (more than three times; Wechsler et al, 2000 ).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In all four surveys, the administrators at each college were asked to provide a random sample of approximately 225 undergraduates drawn from the total enrollment of full-time students. Further details about the sampling, design and characteristics of the CAS have been published elsewhere [1,16,33,34].…”
Section: The Surveymentioning
confidence: 99%