Table 8.
Prevalence of consumption amongst in the college population.
| College Population | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Age Range (Years) | Survey | Years | Measure | Prevalence (%) | Percentage Change | Trend |
| US | 18–22 (1–4 years after high school) | Monitoring the Futurea | 2000–2019 | Past month (Schulenberg et al., 2020) | T: 67.4–62.2 | −5.2 | ↘ |
| Past year (Schulenberg et al., 2020) |
T: 83.2–77.6 | −5.6 | |||||
| Lifetime (Twenge & Park, 2019) |
T: 86.6–79.2 | −7.4 | |||||
| 18–22 | National Survey on Drug Use and Health (McCabe et al., 2021) |
2002–2018 | Past year | T: 80.0b–72.0b | −8.0 | ↘ | |
Key: ↗: Increase of >5.0% between the start and end point provided; ↘: Decrease of >5.0% between the start and end point provided; ↔: Stable – any value with an increase or decrease of ≤5% between the start and end point provided. UK: United Kingdom; T: total; M: male,; F: female.
a
Monitoring the Future consists of a cross-sectional survey in 12th grade, with participants then selected to continue in a “panel” survey. This therefore has both cross-sectional and cohort elements.
b
Reported in record as abstention data.