title: Beverage-specific patterns of 5+ alcoholic drink consumption by young adults in the U.S.
abstract: Young adult binge drinking prevalence has been widely researched. However, beverage-specific binge drinking rates for beer, liquor, wine, and wine coolers have not yet been documented for this age group. This study examines consumption of specific beverages (i.e., 5+ drinks in a row in the past two weeks) by young adults aged 19/20. Data from the national Monitoring the Future study were collected one or two years after high school from 2004 to 2014 (n=2004). Logistic regression was used to examine associations between beverage-specific 5+ drinking and gender, race/ethnicity, parent education, college status, and cohort year. Overall 5+ drinking in the past two weeks was reported by 31.4% of young adults. Beverage-specific 5+ drinking was most common with liquor (22.6%) and beer (22.4%), followed by wine (4.5%) and wine coolers (3.0%). Men were more likely than women to engage in 5+ drinking with beer and liquor; women were more likely than men to do so with wine and wine coolers. Beverage-specific patterns differed by college attendance. Compared to four-year college students, two-year college/votech students were less likely to have 5+ drinks of liquor or wine, and more likely to have 5+ wine coolers; those not in college were less likely to have 5+ drinks of liquor and more likely to have 5+ wine coolers. Differences in beverage-specific 5+ drinking by gender and college enrollment suggest that intervention efforts should focus on the beverages that are most commonly consumed at high levels within specific early young adult populations.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 426 Thompson St., Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248, United States.
authors.forename: Stephanie A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Stern
authors.affiliation: Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 426 Thompson St., Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248, United States.
authors.forename: Yvonne M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Terry-McElrath
authors.affiliation: Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 426 Thompson St., Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248, United States. Electronic address: meganpat@umich.edu.
authors.forename: Megan E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Patrick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000067292:Alcohol Drinking in College; D000434:Alcoholic Beverages / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D063425:Binge Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Beverage type; Binge drinking; Young adult