Table 1.
Studies comparing drinking behavior among college students and their noncollege peers
| Study | Study data set | College | Noncollege |
| Barnes et al. (1992) | RDD of NY college dorms, households | Full-time, 2- and 4-yr. college students | Not full-time college students |
| Bingham et al. (2005) | AMPS | 4-yr. college degree (including postgraduate degrees) | HS degree or less; postsecondary education (<4-yr. college) |
| Chen et al. (2004) | NESARC | Full- and part-time college students | Non college individuals |
| Crowley(1991) | NLSY | College students | HS dropouts; terminal HS grads; ≥1 yrs. college, no degree |
| Dawson et al. (2004) | NESARC | Full-time and part-time students (undergraduate and graduate) | Non students, HS students, GED, "other" technical/trade students |
| Dawson et al. (2005) | NESARC | Full-time and part-time students (undergraduate and graduate) | Nonstudents, HS students, GED work, technical/trade students |
| Gfroerer et al. (1997) | NHSDA | Enrolled in college | Not enrolled in college |
| Harford et al. (2006) | NLSY | Yrs. of education | |
| Lanza and Collins (2006) | NLSY | Some college at age 19 or 20 | No college at age 19 or 20 |
| Muthén & Muthén (2000) | NLSY | Some college at age 22 | No college at age 22 |
| O'Malley and Johnston (2002) | NHSDA, MTF | Full/part time in 2- or 4-yr. college | Not attending college; HS students |
| Paschall (2003) | NHSDA | Full and part-time college | All other young adults |
| Schulenberg et al. (1996) | MTF | Continuous yrs. of education | |
| Slutske et al. (2004) | MOAFTS | Female twins in 2- or 4-yr. college | Female twins not in 2- or 4-yr. college; HS dropouts |
| Slutske (2005) | NHSDA | Full-time and part-time college | Currently not enrolled in school |
| Timberlake et al. (2007) | Add Health | Students: 18-24 yrs. old attending 2- or 4-yr. college; withdrawers: 18-24 yrs. old, ≥1 yr. college w/o graduating | No complete yr. of schooling beyond 12th grade |
| White et al. (2005) | HHDP | Full time in college at 21 and not in school at 30 and completed ≥2 yrs. | Not enrolled in school at age 21 or 30; only completed HS or less |
| White et al. (2006) | RHC Project | Enrolled in 2- or 4-yr. college | Working, unemployed, HS, or alternative school |
Notes: RDD = random-digit-dial technique for telephone survey; NY = New York; yr. = year; AMPS = Alcohol Misuse Prevention Study (Shope et al., 1996); HS = high school; NESARC = 2001-2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions; NLSY = National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience of Youth; GED = general equivalency diploma; NHSDA = 1991-1993 National Household Surveys on Drug Abuse; MTF = Monitoring the Future; MOAFTS = Missouri Adolescent Female Twin Study; Add Health = National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health; w/o = without; HHDP = Rutgers Health and Human Development Project; RHC Project = Raising Healthy Children Project. A more detailed version of this table is available on request.