Fraternity Membership and Binge Drinking

DeSimone, Jeffrey

doi:10.3386/w12468

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“…Compared with the most conservative specifications from DeSimone (2007DeSimone ( , 2009, which estimated binge drinking semi-elasticities, respectively, of 19% for the past month and 11% for the past two weeks, these are quite similar, despite the differences in alcohol use measures and time frames.…”

Section: Drinkers Engaging In Other Confounding Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 86%

“…Chaloupka & Wechsler, 1996;De Los Reyes & Rich, 2003). DeSimone (2007DeSimone ( , 2009 provided evidence that although much of the association between fraternity/sorority membership and binge drinking constitutes unobserved heterogeneity, a statistically and economically significant portion plausibly reflects a causal influence of membership on drinking.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As in DeSimone (2007DeSimone ( , 2009, the main impediment to obtaining a consistent estimator is that many students join fraternities and sororities precisely because affiliation enables drinking-related socializing in which students would attempt to engage even if they were not members. Like those studies, this analysis addresses the issue directly by controlling for behaviors and attitudes likely to reflect preferences regarding alcohol use.…”

Section: Empirical Strategymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The identification scheme differs from DeSimone (2007DeSimone ( , 2009, which controlled for one manifestation of alcohol use, its frequency, while examining another, binge drinking, thought to 3 capture socially problematic consumption. In the data used here, two measures of frequency are observed but binge drinking is not.…”

Section: Empirical Strategymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Two separate data sets used in DeSimone (2007DeSimone ( , 2009) reveal that fraternity and sorority members report more episodes of alcohol use, binge drinking and intoxication over the past two weeks or month than non-members. This suggests the threshold rate of alcohol use qualifying as "frequent" is likely to be higher among fraternity/ sorority members, meaning that the subjective nature of the drinking measures will, if anything, bias the estimates towards zero.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Fraternity Membership & Frequent Drinking

DeSimone¹

2010

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Reinforcing earlier findings from other data, college senior fraternity/sorority members are more likely to consume alcohol frequently. Large reductions in estimates upon controlling for time spent partying, and to a lesser extent cigarette use and intramural sports involvement, suggest considerable unobserved heterogeneity in the relationship. Yet, effects remain substantive and are invariant to conditioning on numerous further measures of socializing, sports participation, academic performance and mental health. The conclusion holds when non-member comparison groups are restricted to drinkers who smoke, party and/or play intramurals, or matched to members based on drinking propensities, suggesting that fraternity/sorority membership raises alcohol use frequency.

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Peer influences on adolescent alcohol consumption: evidence using an instrumental variables/fixed effect approach

Fletcher

2011

J Popul Econ

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In order to address empirical difficulties in research examining peer effects in alcohol consumption, I use instrumental variables/fixed effects methodology that compares students in different grades within the same school who face a different set of classmate decisions. Within this context, I suggest that alcohol availability in classmates' homes and classmates' parents' alcohol abuse can be used as instruments. Results indicate that a 10% increase in

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Examining price promotions, venue and place of residence as predictors of alcohol consumption

Raciti

O’Hara²,

Sharma³

et al. 2013

Journal of Social Marketing

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this study is to understand the effect of price promotions, venue and place of residence on low-risk, risky and high-risk alcohol consumption behaviour of young women between 18 and 24 years of age who attend university in Australia, Wales and Germany. Design/methodology/approach -The quantitative, self-administered questionnaire collected data from a convenience sample of three universities in three OECD countries with high alcohol consumption being: a regional Australian university (n ¼ 305), a city Welsh university (n ¼ 354) and a rural German university (n ¼ 325). Findings -First, the multinomial logistic regression results revealed that price promotions and venue influenced alcohol consumption in Wales alone while place of residence influenced alcohol consumption in Australia; however, price promotions, venue and place of residence had no effect on young women attending university in Germany. Second, the binomial logistic regression results for Wales reported a sensitivity to price promotions for all three alcohol consumption risk classifications; however, location was of little consequence to risky drinkers when compared to high risk drinkers. For Australia, the place of residence did not influence alcohol consumption for both risky and high-risk drinkers. Originality/value -The value of this study lies in the examination of three levels of alcohol consumption -low-risk, risky and high-risk -for the same cohort across three countries using the same test instrument and standard alcohol consumption metrics. As such, this study provides a more meaningful macro view of alcohol consumption; thus has the capacity to contribute to effectual intervention strategies.

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Fraternity Membership and Binge Drinking

Cited by 13 publications

References 32 publications

Fraternity Membership & Frequent Drinking

Fraternity Membership & Frequent Drinking

Peer influences on adolescent alcohol consumption: evidence using an instrumental variables/fixed effect approach

Examining price promotions, venue and place of residence as predictors of alcohol consumption

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