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Summary of UW Madison Findings
of the College Alcohol Study
1993–2007
(no data available for 2002 or 2006)
Confidence Intervals
Since the samples from each of the participating schools are relatively small,
we strongly advise that any interpretation of change between survey years or of
differences between a school and a comparison group made with great caution. We
are providing binge drinking rates with 95% confidence limits to enable you to
look at your schools results. For a difference to be statistically significant
at the .05 level, the two confidence intervals must not overlap. Even if the differences
are significant, the response rate must be considered in interpreting the data.
Look carefully at the demographic characterics of the sample to see if they are
representative of the school’s students.
*** 2007 is the first year the UW-Madison PACE Project administered the survey independently.
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UW Madison’s Binge Drinking Rates: 1993–2007
(no data available for 2002 or 2006)
| |
Weighted |
| |
1993 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2003 |
2004
|
2005 |
2007 |
| Binge
Drinking Rate |
65 |
61 |
56 |
67 |
62 |
66 |
62 |
59
|
66 |
61 |
| (95%
Confidence Interval) |
57‑72 |
56‑65 |
51‑60 |
63‑71 |
57‑67 |
62‑71 |
57‑68 |
52‑65 |
62‑70 |
58-64 |
Demographics
| |
1993 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2007 |
| Percent
Male |
50.3 |
43.7 |
43.2 |
43.5 |
42.6 |
36.5 |
39.5 |
46.8 |
40.2 |
33.5 |
| Percent
White |
91.0 |
85.8 |
86.5 |
89.2 |
87.1 |
89.4 |
88.0 |
88.0 |
87.7 |
91.2 |
| Percent
23 and younger |
91.8 |
92.1 |
96.0 |
94.6 |
96.6 |
95.5 |
98.2 |
95.1 |
95.7 |
95.8 |
| Percent
Frat/Sorority |
11.9 |
11.6 |
11.7 |
11.7 |
09.2 |
06.8 |
09.9 |
09.8 |
10.1 |
7.4 |
| Percent
Live Off Campus |
64.8 |
61.1 |
64.6 |
61.5 |
66.4 |
61.7 |
63.1 |
63.9 |
57.3 |
61.8 |
| Response
Rate |
84.0 |
72.0 |
76.0 |
73.0 |
64.0 |
77.0 |
47.0 |
32.0 |
66.0 |
16.9 |
| Sample
Size |
159 |
495 |
470 |
462 |
448 |
400 |
334 |
237 |
485 |
844 |
Table 1: Distribution of Drinking
| |
Weighted |
| Level
of Drinking/Binging |
1993 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2007 |
| Past
year (lifetime) abstainers |
06.5 |
08.7 |
09.6 |
07.5 |
10.2 |
10.6 |
07.8 |
12.1 |
09.1 |
8.6 |
| Drank
but not binge |
28.6 |
30.5 |
34.7 |
25.5 |
27.8 |
23.0 |
30.0 |
29.2 |
25.0 |
30.8 |
| Binged
1–2 times in past 2 weeks |
33.7 |
31.3 |
25.3 |
24.8 |
25.8 |
29.1 |
27.9 |
24.7 |
27.7 |
32.9 |
| Binged
3+ times in past 2 weeks |
31.2 |
29.5 |
30.3 |
42.2 |
36.2 |
37.3 |
34.3 |
33.9 |
38.2 |
27.7 |
Table 2: Binging styles of students who had a drink in the past month
| |
Weighted |
| |
1993 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2007 |
| Drank
10+ times in 30 days |
16.8 |
25.5 |
25.1 |
32.7 |
30.7 |
29.8 |
25.6 |
30.2 |
24.6 |
22.6 |
| Usually
binged when drinking |
52.4 |
50.6 |
45.5 |
54.2 |
49.7 |
53.0 |
51.9 |
46.5 |
57.8 |
46.5 |
| Drunk
3+ in past month |
33.3 |
39.9 |
40.9 |
45.6 |
43.3 |
45.5 |
43.6 |
39.2 |
45.6 |
40.8 |
Table 3: Reason for drinking among students who had a drink in past year
| |
Weighted |
| |
1993 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2007 |
| Drink
to get drunk |
55.1 |
64.3 |
65.0 |
62.0 |
58.5 |
57.0 |
68.4 |
- - |
n/a |
n/a |
Table 4: Students who drank in the past year reporting problems
| |
Weighted |
| Drinking
has caused you to: |
1993 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2007 |
| Have
a hangover |
79.0 |
76.5 |
75.4 |
76.6 |
72.9 |
75.5 |
74.5 |
74.3 |
78.1 |
73.4 |
| Miss
a class |
35.0 |
41.2 |
39.5 |
41.4 |
33.1 |
37.3 |
31.4 |
33.5 |
33.8 |
27.3 |
| Get
behind in schoolwork |
29.4 |
32.0 |
33.3 |
32.9 |
28.7 |
27.9 |
27.5 |
28.3 |
30.2 |
29.9 |
| Do
something one regrets |
43.8 |
48.7 |
45.1 |
49.1 |
42.6 |
49.8 |
50.4 |
45.2 |
43.7 |
44.7 |
| Forget
where you were/what you did |
39.4 |
36.9 |
39.0 |
42.1 |
33.3 |
37.7 |
44.9 |
41.5 |
45.3 |
43.7 |
| Argue
with friends |
23.2 |
30.8 |
28.7 |
27.9 |
27.3 |
29.3 |
31.4 |
26.6 |
30.4 |
28.9 |
| Engage
in unplanned sexual activity |
24.3 |
24.9 |
26.7 |
30.7 |
23.3 |
29.5 |
33.2 |
20.8 |
30.2 |
24.0 |
| Not
use protection when having sex |
13.5 |
10.7 |
09.9 |
09.9 |
07.3 |
10.4 |
13.2 |
10.9 |
12.5 |
10.1 |
| Damage
property |
12.0 |
13.2 |
17.0 |
18.2 |
11.4 |
13.5 |
18.6 |
11.6 |
12.7 |
10.8 |
| Get
into trouble with campus/local police |
04.3 |
05.5 |
05.4 |
07.0 |
04.6 |
06.9 |
05.9 |
07.8 |
08.8 |
7.4 |
| Get
hurt/injured |
13.7 |
17.4 |
15.9 |
20.4 |
18.1 |
20.2 |
22.3 |
16.1 |
23.4 |
16.4 |
| Require
medical treatment for alcohol overdose |
00.0 |
01.0 |
00.5 |
00.0 |
00.3 |
00.4 |
00.7 |
00.9 |
00.6 |
0.2 |
| Have
5+ of the above problems (excl. hangover, incl. driving & drinking |
23.6 |
26.4 |
26.8 |
30.1 |
22.7 |
27.9 |
25.9 |
19.8 |
25.5 |
22.9 |
Table 5: Drinking and driving in the past 30 days
| |
Weighted |
| |
1993 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2007 |
| Drove
after drinking alcohol |
21.2 |
22.8 |
22.0 |
26.1 |
19.9 |
22.2 |
18.7 |
19.6 |
14.1 |
15.7 |
| Drove
after 5+ drinks |
05.6 |
07.7 |
05.3 |
07.9 |
06.9 |
07.3 |
06.6 |
03.3 |
03.6 |
4.0 |
| Rode
with a driver who was high/drunk |
15.2 |
19.6 |
17.7 |
22.5 |
20.1 |
21.7 |
19.9 |
11.6 |
15.1 |
13.0 |
Table 6: Self-description of alcohol problems among students that ever had a drink
| |
Weighted |
| |
1993 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2007 |
| Considers
self a problem drinker |
00.0 |
00.0 |
00.0 |
00.0 |
00.5 |
00.0 |
00.3 |
0.5 |
00.5 |
0.0 |
| Ever
thought he/she had a drinking problem |
10.4 |
9.8 |
10.5 |
12.5 |
12.0 |
10.8 |
12.8 |
8.1 |
16.5 |
10.0 |
Table 7: Students bothered by others' drinking (second-hand
effects)
| |
Weighted |
| |
1993 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2007 |
| Been
insulted or humiliated |
39.0 |
41.0 |
45.0 |
44.9 |
43.0 |
42.8 |
41.2 |
46.7 |
42.0 |
38.7 |
| Had
a serious argument or quarrel |
25.6 |
30.6 |
29.9 |
33.2 |
31.7 |
30.6 |
30.5 |
31.2 |
29.0 |
28.5 |
| Been
pushed, hit or assaulted |
19.6 |
14.2 |
16.8 |
16.0 |
13.3 |
19.2 |
16.2 |
18.4 |
22.3 |
16.6 |
| Had
property damaged |
19.2 |
20.9 |
24.6 |
23.7 |
24.2 |
26.3 |
26.8 |
31.3 |
23.9 |
27.3 |
| Had
to “babysit” a drunken student |
55.4 |
61.4 |
61.7 |
63.9 |
58.6 |
67.4 |
66.7 |
69.9 |
68.9 |
49.7 |
| Had
studying/sleep interrupted |
65.3 |
66.9 |
71.7 |
64.1 |
62.9 |
69.0 |
63.6 |
66.3 |
65.9 |
60.0 |
| Experienced
an unwanted sexual advance |
27.9 |
29.5 |
27.5 |
33.1 |
27.3 |
35.0 |
29.9 |
25.3 |
30.1 |
n/a |
| Victim
of sexual assault/date rape |
01.2 |
01.5 |
00.6 |
00.8 |
00.8 |
01.0 |
01.5 |
01.6 |
02.0 |
0.3 |
Table 8: High school and college binge drinking behavior among all students
| |
Weighted |
| Drinking
behavior |
1993 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2007 |
| Did
not binge in HS/College |
29.7 |
33.2 |
39.9 |
26.4 |
33.7 |
31.4 |
33.3 |
34.0 |
29.8 |
34.4 |
| Did
not binge in HS—binged in college |
39.9 |
32.2 |
28.3 |
39.9 |
36.1 |
38.6 |
31.2 |
28.9 |
33.1 |
34.1 |
| Binged
in HS—did not binge in college |
05.9 |
06.0 |
04.3 |
06.8 |
04.5 |
03.1 |
05.1 |
07.3 |
04.8 |
5.3 |
| Binged
in HS & college |
34.5 |
28.6 |
27.4 |
36.9 |
25.7 |
26.9 |
30.3 |
29.8 |
32.4 |
26.1 |
Table 9: Drug use and cigarette use in last 30 days
| |
Weighted |
| |
1993 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2007 |
| Marijuana
(or hashish) |
22.8 |
25.4 |
22.0 |
25.7 |
22.9 |
26.4 |
20.2 |
19.9 |
23.1 |
17.2 |
| Any
illicit drug use* |
22.4 |
26.5 |
23.6 |
27.2 |
24.6 |
28.0 |
23.3 |
21.1 |
25.2 |
18.7 |
| Cigarettes |
26.9 |
36.4 |
34.1 |
39.5 |
32.5 |
34.5 |
23.0 |
17.8 |
19.6 |
16.7 |
* Includes marijuana, cocaine, barbituates, amphetamines, ecstasy, heroin, other
opiates, tranquilizers, LSD and other psychedlics or hallucinogenics.
Table 10: Drug use and cigarette use in the last year
| |
Weighted |
| |
1993 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2007 |
| Marijuana
(or hashish) |
39.0 |
42.7 |
38.9 |
43.5 |
41.4 |
43.7 |
39.4 |
30.9 |
38.1 |
34.0 |
| Any
illicit drug use* |
39.3 |
43.2 |
30.4 |
44.6 |
43.2 |
44.9 |
42.8 |
31.9 |
40.8 |
36.0 |
| Cigarettes |
42.1 |
48.9 |
48.1 |
51.2 |
42.1 |
45.7 |
33.6 |
27.1 |
32.0 |
26.5 |
* Includes marijuana, cocaine, barbituates, amphetamines, ecstasy, heroin, other
opiates, tranquilizers, LSD and other psychedlics or hallucinogenics.
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