Table 2.
Experiences with Alcohol: Lifetime and current drinking descriptives, past treatment, past attempts to stop or cut down, and the likelihood of future attempts.
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| Variable | Whole sample n=211 | Male n = 96 | Female n=113 |
| Lifetime alcohol use (n, %) | 187 (91.2) | 82 (91.1) | 104 (92.0) |
| Age first drink | |||
| n = | 180 | 79 | 101 |
| Range | 2–25 | 5–25 | 2–25 |
| Mean (SD) | 14.1 (3.6) | 13.9 (4.0) | 14.2 (3.3) |
| Lifetime drinking problems (n, %) | |||
| Nauseous/vomited | 138 (75.0) | 58 (73.4) | 79 (76.0) |
| Hangover | 163 (89.6) | 68 (88.3) | 94 (90.4) |
| Blackout | 102 (56.0) | 40 (51.3) | 61 (59.2) |
| Gotten into trouble with friends | 70 (37.8) | 38 (47.5) | 31 (29.8) |
| Gotten into fights | 113 (61.4) | 47 (58.8) | 65 (63.1) |
| Stopped for drunk driving | 50 (27.2) | 31 (39.2) | 18 (17.3) |
| Committed other illegal acts | 43 (23.1) | 29 (35.8) | 13 (12.5) |
| Couldn’t recall what one did while drinking | 116 (63.0) | 50 (63.3) | 65 (62.5) |
| # of lifetime problems | |||
| Mean (SD) | 4.4 (2.2) | 4.7 (2.4) | 4.1 (1.9) |
| Lifetime past treatment (n, %) | |||
| % received treatment | 17 (12.2) | 10 (17.2) | 6 (7.6) |
| % counseled by a doctor about alcohol related problems | 24 (17.2) | 8 (15.5) | 13 (17.6) |
| % felt needed help with drinking behavior | 30 (26.6) | 16 (27.6) | 14 (17.6) |
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| Current drinkers | n = 150 | n = 65 | n = 84 |
| % current drinkers | 73.1 | 67.7 | 74.3 |
| Drinking behavior for current drinkers (n, %) | |||
| Typically drink 4 or more drinks during one day | 119(79.3) | 50 (76.9) | 68 (81.0) |
| Intoxicated at least once/week | 61 (41.2) | 32 (50.0) | 28 (33.8) |
| Drank at least weekly | 81 (54) | 40 (61.5) | 41 (48.8) |
| Drank daily | 17 (11.3) | 9 (13.8) | 8 (9.5) |
| Been continually drunk for 2 or more days | 90 (60.8) | 43(66.1) | 46(54.7) |
| Loss of control over drinking – get drunk more than half the time | 62 (41.6) | 31 (48.4) | 31 (36.9) |
| Lifetime past treatment, (n, %) | |||
| % received treatment | 31 (21.6) | 17* (26.2) | 13* (15.5) |
| % counseled by a doctor about alcohol related problems | 24 (16.0) | 9 *(13.8) | 14* (16.7) |
| % felt needed help with drinking behavior | 29 (43) | 24 (28.7) | 19 (22.6) |
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| Intentions to Change among current drinkers | |||
| Over the past year did you… | |||
| Try to cut down your alcohol use (%yes) | 97 (66.4) | 41 (65.1) | 56 (68.3) |
| Try to stop drinking altogether (%yes) | 91 (62.8) | 40 (64.5) | 51 (61.4) |
| In the next year will you… | |||
| Probably will try to cut down or stop drinking (%yes) | 66 (45.5) | 27 (43.5) | 39 (47.6) |
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Note: Males and females do not add up because of two missing gender.