Quantity and Frequency of Alcohol Consumption: Race-Gender Differences During Late Adolescence and Early Adulthood

Title:	Quantity and Frequency of Alcohol Consumption: Race-Gender Differences During Late Adolescence and Early Adulthood
Author:	McCabe, Staci E.
Description:	Guided by the literature on the life course perspective, this study examines race and gender differences in alcohol consumption among African American, Hispanic, and white young adults aged 18 to 30. Utilizing data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth – Mother and Young Adult samples, I focus on how the apparent racial/ethnic and gender gap in drinking is maintained during the transition to adulthood, when drinking declines for all youth as they are taking on adult roles such as employment, marriage, and parenthood. Results from the longitudinal analysis indicate that African American, Hispanic, and white women drink less frequently than white men and that all groups, except for Hispanic males, consumed fewer drinks than white males. Race-gender status moderates the frequency of drinking on the number of drinks consumed. Frequency of drinking is related to increases for all groups, but less so for African American men and women compared to white men. In other words, even when African American men and women are drinking as frequently as white men, they consume far less alcohol.
Permanent Link:	http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1238602032 http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/107996
Date:	2009

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