The influence of time, gender and group size on heavy drinking in public bars.
Four hypotheses are tested focusing on the small group basis of legal intoxication. A sample of 1,996 isolates and groups gathering to drink at a 12% random sample of 565 bars in a two-county metropolitan area was observed using a stratified random time sampling schedule. Multiple regression was used to test the hypotheses. The hypothesis that group size affects proportion of group drinking heavily during one visit to a bar was not supported. Average group alcohol consumption, group gender composition and average duration of group stay in bar do affect proportion of group drinking heavily.
Sykes
R E
RE
Department of Speech-Communication, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455.
Rowley
R D
RD
Schaefer
J M
JM
D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006127:Group Structure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012931:Social Environment; D012932:Social Facilitation; D012933:Social Identification; D013997:Time Factors