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Taking the First Full Drink: Epidemiological Evidence on Male-Female Differences in the United States.
- Source :
- Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research; Apr2016, Vol. 40 Issue 4, p816-825, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Background This research extends prior epidemiological estimates for the United States and re-examines a previously described male excess in alcohol drinking. Its aim was to estimate fine-grained age-specific incidence of becoming a drinker among 12- to 24-year-old U.S. males and females, and to compare incidence estimates with prevalence proportions. Methods The study population is 12- to 24-year-old noninstitutionalized U.S. civilian residents. Estimates are from 12 successive U.S. National Surveys on Drug Use and Health ( NSDUH), with nationally representative samples drawn each year from 2002 to 2013 and assessed via computer-assisted self-interviews ( n ~ 390,000). Analysis-weighted incidence and prevalence estimates are generated using the NSDUH Restricted Data Analysis System for 6 year-pairs. Meta-analysis-derived summary estimates are provided, treating each year-pair as a replication. Results In this 21st century evidence, there no longer is male excess of incidence with respect to underage drinking. Indeed, in mid-adolescence, there is a clear female excess for the risk of becoming an underage drinker. Meta-analytic summaries disclosed no other male-female differences in incidence. Nevertheless, a male excess in the prevalence of recently active drinking can be seen after the age of 19 years. Conclusions This new evidence from the United States shows that the so-called 'gender gap' in risk of becoming a drinker has narrowed to the point of there being no gap at all. Indeed, in mid-adolescence, risk of starting to drink is greater for females than for males. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ALCOHOLISM risk factors
ALCOHOL drinking
ALCOHOLISM
AGE distribution
AUTOMATIC data collection systems
CHI-squared test
CONFIDENCE intervals
DRINKING behavior
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research
INTERVIEWING
META-analysis
PROBABILITY theory
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SEX distribution
DISEASE incidence
DISEASE prevalence
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 114191210
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.13028