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Table 2 Comparisonsa of 1999 and 2001 rates of student drinking and related behaviors at eleven Massachusetts public colleges/universities.

From: Alcohol policy enforcement and changes in student drinking rates in a statewide public college system: a follow-up study

 

1999

(N = 1252)

%

(95%CI)

2001b

(N = 1074)

%

(95%CI)

Chi-square,

p-value

Any drinking in past 12 months

87.9

(84.7-91.1)

86.3

(81.3-91.3)

0.46, .515

Any drinking in past 30 days

75.5

(71.6-79.4)

70.4

(64.8-76.0)

8.35, .016

Heavy episodic drinkingc in past 2 weeks

54.9

(49.3-60.5)

50.6

(45.2-56.0)

5.67, .039

Usual heavy episodic drinking (among past-30-days drinkers)d

67.1

(63.0-71.3)

56.8

(54.1-59.5)

16.27, .002

Heavy episodic drinking in past 2 weeks among those reporting no heavy drinking in high school (Uptake)

37.7

(32.7-42.7)

30.9

(24.0-37.8)

2.72, .130

Drove after drinking/rode with drunk driver in past 30 days

47.6

(43.8-51.4)

49.6

(44.5-54.7)

0.64, .442

Any marijuana use in past 30 days

22.6

(18.2-27.0)

22.2

(17.8-26.6)

0.04, .849

  1. a Chi-square tests were conducted, all with one degree of freedom, comparing 1999 and 2001 rates.
  2. b Rates reflect direct standardization to the 1999 sample profile with respect to gender, age, White/non-White race, and on/off-campus housing status.
  3. c Defined as >=5 drinks in one occasion for males, >=4 drinks for females.
  4. d Analysis subsample n = 837 for 1999, n = 760 for 2000 (unweighted). "Usual" heavy episodic drinking defined as usually engaging in heavy episodic drinking whenever they drink.
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