Individual Harms and Second-Hand Effects:
Underclassmen & Upperclassmen*

Table 4: Students Who Drank in the Past Year Reporting Problems
  2007 Fresh/Soph Junior/Senior Sig df N
Have a hangover 73.4% 72.8% 73.9% No (.344) 16 628
Miss a class 27.3% 22.5% 31.5% Yes (.004) 16 627
Get behind in schoolwork 29.9% 30.0% 29.7% No (.224) 16 628
Do something one regrets 44.7% 48.1% 41.6% No (.473) 16 627
Forget where you were/What you did 43.7% 51.7% 36.8% Yes (.049) 16 627
Argue with friends 28.9% 33.4% 25.2% No (.127) 16 627
Engage in unplanned sexual activity 24.0% 27.0% 21.3% No (.089) 16 627
Not use protection when having sex 10.1% 10.1% 9.9% No (.329) 16 624
Damage property 11.1% 13.5% 9.0% No (.149) 16 623
Get into trouble with campus/local police 7.4% 9.7% 5.1% Yes (.008) 8 626
Get hurt/injured 16.4% 21.0% 12.6% No (.123) 16 628
Require medical treatment for alcohol overdose 0.2% 0.0% 0.3% No (.580) 4 627
Have 5+ of the above problems (excl. hangover, incl. driving and drinking) 22.9% 27.9% 18.5% Yes (.025) 4 623


Table 7: Students Bothered by Others' Drinking (Second-Hand Effects)
  2007 Fresh/Soph Junior/Senior Sig df N
Been insulted or humiliated 38.9% 38.9% 38.9% No (.493) 12 657
Had a serious argument or quarrel 28.5% 31.0% 26.3% No (.589) 12 653
Been pushed, hit, or assaulted 16.6% 17.0% 16.4% No (.534) 12 654
Had property damaged 27.3% 25.0% 29.5% Yes (.026) 12 655
Had to "babysit" a drunked student 49.7% 52.5% 46.5% No (.781) 12 653
Had studying/sleep interrupted 26.0% 29.9% 22.4% No (.072) 12 655
Experienced an unwanted sexual advance N/A N/A N/A N/A   N/A
Victim of sexual assault/date rape 0.3% 0.0% 0.8% No (.409) 4 655


* Data source: 2007 University of Wisconsin-Madison Study of College Health Behaviors conducted by PACE Project.
http://pace.uhs.wisc.edu/data_cas.php

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