Negative alcohol-related consequences experienced by young adults in the past 12 months: Differences by college attendance, living situation, binge drinking, and sex.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study estimated the prevalence of negative consequences associated with alcohol use in a national sample of young adults one or two years after graduating from high school, focusing on differences by college attendance, living situation, binge drinking, and sex.

Methods

A subsample (N = 1068) of U.S. nationally representative Monitoring the Future study 12th grade students from 2006 to 2016 cohorts was followed-up at modal age 19 or 20 (in 2008-2017) and asked about negative consequences related to their own alcohol use during the past 12 months. Differences in prevalence were estimated and multivariable models examined associations with college attendance, living situation, binge drinking, and sex.

Results

Half of surveyed U.S. 19/20 year-old alcohol use

SUBMITTER: Patrick ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7050368 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature