Age, period, and cohort effects in heavy episodic drinking in the US from 1985 to 2009.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evaluating population-level patterns of heavy episodic drinking by age, period, and cohort is critical to understanding population-level influences on rates over time and to forecasting future trends for public health planning efforts. The present study examined trends in heavy episodic drinking in the US from 1985 through 2009 in a nationally representative sample that included adolescents and adults.

Methods

Data are drawn from repeated cross-sectional surveys of US households as part of the National Household Survey on Drug Use and Health conducted in 1985, 1988, and annually from 1990 though 2009, inclusive (N=809,281). Heavy episodic drinking was defined as any instance of consuming five or more drinks in one sitting in the past month. Age-period-cohort model

SUBMITTER: Keyes KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4827021 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature