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Author: Grigson, M. Beth
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1. Grant, Bridget F.
Harford, Thomas C.
Grigson, M. Beth
Stability of Alcohol Consumption Among Youth--A National Longitudinal Study
Journal of Studies on Alcohol 49,3 (1988): 253-260.
Also: http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Stability_of_Alcohol_Consumption_among_Youth_A_National_Longitudinal_Surve/3800.html
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Behavior; Gender Differences

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The present study draws upon the National Longitudinal Survey (NLS) of Labor Market Experience in Youth (ages 17-24) to describe alcohol use patterns over a 2year period during the transition years between adolescence and young adulthood. Specifically, turnover in current and heavier drinking levels among panel members was examined by charting incidence, remission, chronicity, and abstinence between 1982 and 1983. The prevalence of each consumption level increased between the ages of 17 and 22 but declined thereafter for each sex until the age of 24. Changes in prevalence from 1982 to 1983 were shown to be a function of changes in drinking level status. The analysis of turnover in current and heavier drinking levels indicated that there was continuity in drinking behavior over time. Sex differences were examined and their implications to internal and external age- and sex- appropriate constraints and paradigmatic development were explicated.
Bibliography Citation
Grant, Bridget F., Thomas C. Harford and M. Beth Grigson. "Stability of Alcohol Consumption Among Youth--A National Longitudinal Study." Journal of Studies on Alcohol 49,3 (1988): 253-260.