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Table 3 Correlations between reported alcohol policy enforcement levels measured at baseline and changes between baseline and two-year follow-up in student drinking rates. (Pearson's r coefficients).

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

 

Policy Enforcement Report

 

Deans

(n = 11)

Campus

Security Chiefs

(n = 10)

Students

(n = 11 a )

Change in past-30-days drinking rate

-.30

.22

.30

Change in past-2-weeks heavy episodic drinking rate

-.73*

.31

.10

Change in usual heavy episodic drinking rate among past-30-days drinkers

-.36

.21

-.05

Change in past-2-weeks heavy episodic drinking rate among those reporting no heavy drinking in high school

-.45

.38

.04

  1. Two-tailed significance p < 0.05
  2. a The mean student enforcement score for each school was correlated with its percent change in student drinking rate.