Wechsler, Henry; Jae Eun Lee; Toben F. Nelson; and Meichun Kuo
"Underage College Students' Drinking Behavior, Access to Alcohol, and the Influence of Deterrence Policies"
(Journal of American College Health, Vol. 50 (March 2002), pp. 223-236. 14 pages, 9 tables [Online]. Available: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cas/Documents/underminimum/DrinkingBehavior.pdf [Dec. 14, 2004].)
Presents data for 1993, 1997, 1999, and 2001. SOURCEBOOK tables 3.81, 3.82.
This article presents results from the Harvard School of Public Health's College Alcohol Studies, a series of four national surveys of college students examining drinking practices and related behaviors. Estimates are provided for the number of underage college students consuming alcohol and their patterns of use and drinking styles. Tables are presented on secondhand effects of alcohol use for college students residing in campus housing, the types of venues in which college students report drinking alcohol, and underage students' reports of sources and accessibility to alcohol. Information also is provided on the prevalence of educational awareness campaigns launched by colleges, exposure to college-imposed sanctions for drinking alcohol, underage students' perceptions of the likelihood and consequences of being caught drinking alcohol, and the effects of laws and policies targeting underage drinking on the number of underage binge drinkers in the study.