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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 7.
Published in final edited form as: Multivariate Behav Res. 2015;50(4):383–397. doi: 10.1080/00273171.2015.1022641

Table 1.

Selected Items from Existing Data Sets to be Integrated

Items tapping alcohol use
Data set Variable Item stem Response options
Add Health H3TO41 During the past two weeks, how many times did you have five or more drinks on a single occasion, for example, in the same evening? (number of times)
H3TO43 During the past 12 months, on how many days have you been drunk or very high on alcohol? 0= none
1= 1 or 2 days in the past 12 months
2= once a month or less (3 to 12 times in the past 12 months)
3= 2 or 3 days a month
4= 1 or 2 days a week
5= 3 to 5 days a week
6= every day or almost every day
CDP DAU15EDF Have you ever had a drink first thing in the morning to steady your nerves or get rid of a hangover? 0= no
1= yes
DAU15RDF In the last 30 days, have you had a drink first thing in the morning to steady your nerves or get rid of a hangover? 0= no
1= yes
GSMS CHA3I01 How many whole drinks per week have you consumed, on average, in the past 3 months? (number of drinks)
Items tapping associations with deviant peers
Data set Variable Item stem Response options
Add Health H3TO52 My close friends would disapprove of my binge drinking. 1= strongly agree
2= agree
3= neither agree nor disagree
4= disagree
5= strongly disagree
H3TO104 Of your three best friends, how many binge drink at least once a month? 0= none of my friends
1= one friend
2= two friends
3= three friends
CDP Y15A39 I hang around with kids who get in trouble 0= not true
1= somewhat or sometimes true
2= very true or often true
GSMS CAV8I02 How many of your friends use marijuana or other drugs? 0 = None
2= A few
3= Some
4= Most
5= All

Note. Add Health = National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health; CDP = Child Development Project; GSMS = Great Smoky Mountains Study of Youth.