Table 1.

Sample Characteristics and Alcohol Consumption by Student Athlete Status

	Overall N=12,510		Student athlete status
			Athlete n=1,233		Non-Athlete n=11,277
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age (% under 21)*	7,837	62.6	873	70.8	6,964	61.8
Sex (% male)*	4,173	33.4	493	40.0	3,680	32.7
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic*	6,814	54.9	822	67.2	6,992	53.6
Black or African American, non-Hispanic*	2,205	17.8	144	11.8	2,061	18.4
Asian, non-Hispanic*	1,609	13.0	79	6.5	1,530	13.7
Hispanic	958	7.7	79	6.5	879	7.9
Two or more races*	623	5.0	77	6.3	546	4.9
Other	200	1.6	23	1.9	177	1.6
Living situation
Residence hall*	5,997	47.9	698	56.6	5,299	47.0
Non-school owned house or apartment	2,659	21.3	239	19.4	2,420	21.5
School-owned apartment*	1,948	15.6	227	18.4	1,721	15.3
Parent or guardian’s home*	1,708	13.7	46	3.7	1,662	14.7
Other	197	1.6	23	1.9	174	1.5
Year in school
First year	4,358	35.1	437	35.5	3,921	35.0
Sophomore	3,306	26.6	331	26.9	2,975	26.6
Junior	2,620	21.1	255	20.7	2,365	21.1
Senior	2,144	17.3	208	16.9	1,936	17.3
Marijuana use (% used during past year)	2,666	34.1	259	33.0	2,407	34.2
Alcohol consumption
% drank alcohol during past year*	9,843	78.7	1,062	86.1	8,781	77.9
% binge drank during past month*	5,526	44.5	714	58.5	4,812	42.9
% high intensity drinking during past month*	1,543	12.4	276	22.6	1,267	11.3
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Past-month frequency*,**	4.4	5.5	4.9	5.5	4.4	5.5
Typical number of drinks per drinking day*,**	2.3	2.7	3.4	3.4	2.2	2.6

^*Differences between athletes and non-athletes significant at p<.05.

^**Participants who did not drink during the past month were coded as 0 for both past-month frequency and typical number of drinks per drinking day.