title: The influence of time, gender and group size on heavy drinking in public bars.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Speech-Communication, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Sykes
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Rowley
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Schaefer
mesh_terms: 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