Are You Going to Finish That Drink??

Abstract

Data are from the 2000 National Alcohol Survey Methodological Follow-up, which includes 323 individuals from across the United States. Directly measured estimates of drink volume and amount left unfinished along with self-report of the frequency and reasons for which drinks are not finished and are compared across groups. Overall, 12%% of drinks reported in the sample were not finished. Smaller amounts of beer and wine volume were left by men, “heavier drinkers” and older persons. This research was supported by grant P-30-A05595 to the Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).

RESUME

Allez-vous finir cette boisson??

Les données sont de 2000 National Alcohol Survey Methodological follow-up (Enquête d’Alcool National de lannee 2000 Suivis Méthodologiques), qui inclut 323 individus de a travers des Etats-Unis. Les mesures directes de volume et de la quantité de boissons laissé non fini et un plus le rapports individuel de la fréquence et des raisons pour lesquelles des boissons ne sont pas finies et sont comparées à travers des groupes. De façon générale, 12%% de boissons rapportées dans l’échantillon n’ont pas été finis. Moins de quantité de bière et de vin ont été laissés par les hommes, des buveurs plus lourds et des personnes plus âgées. Cette recherche a été soutenue par la un bourse concession P30-A05595 au groupe de recherche d’alcool, l’institut de santé publique de fondée par l’institut national sur l’abus d’alcool et l’alcoolisme (NIAAA).

RESUMEN

¿Vas a acabar esa bebida??

Los datos son de las 2000 cartas recordativas metodológicas de la encuesta sobre el alcohol del nacional, que incluye a 323 individuos de enfrente de los Estados Unidos. Las estimaciones directamente medidas del volumen y de la cantidad de la bebida se fueron inacabado junto con el uno mismo-informe de la frecuencia y de las razones para las cuales las bebidas no se acaban y se comparan a través de grupos. Totales, los 12%% de bebidas divulgadas en la muestra no fueron acabados. Cantidades más pequeñas de volumen de la cerveza y del vino fueron dejadas por los hombres, bebedores más pesados y más viejas personas. Esta investigación fue apoyada por la concesión P-30-A05595 al grupo de investigación del alcohol, el instituto de la salud pública del instituto nacional sobre abuso de alcohol y el alcoholismo (NIAAA).

Keywords :

• beer
• wine
• spirits
• survey
• unfinished

THE AUTHORS

Dr. William C. Kerr, received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Davis in 1997. His dissertation focused on the role of quality choice and time discounting in individual-level alcohol consumption dynamics and the differential response to price change by light, moderate, and heavy drinkers. He received his B.A. from New College in Sarasota, Florida, where his thesis focused on the price elasticity of state run lotteries and their costs and benefits for society. From 1997 to 2001, Dr. Kerr served as the Project Director of the Collaborative Alcohol Related Longitudinal Project in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco.

Since joining ARG in 2001, Dr. Kerr has pursued research utilizing both individual-level data from surveys and aggregate-level data from sales and mortality statistics in the areas of the methodology of alcohol use measurement, trends in U.S. alcohol consumption, and underlying causes and the relationship between alcohol use and mortality outcomes. Recent analyses have found that drinks consumed by Americans at home tend to have widely varying amounts of alcohol and are on average larger than that the typical standard drink. Spirits drinks were found to be particularly large averaging nearly 50%% more alcohol than the standard. A new and larger study of U.S. drink size is now underway and is expected to reveal additional details of drink variation. Dr. Kerr has also begun a new project which will assess the time-series relationships between per capita alcohol consumption measures and potentially alcohol-related mortality causes over the period from 1950 to 2002 utilizing data on each of the U.S. states.

Ms. Elizabeth Long, MA., received her degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health where her thesis focused on the education of orphans in South Africa. Her research has focused on economic development and public health and on the health and health care needs of women veterans in the US. She was a research associate at the Alcohol Research Group, Public Health Institute in 2007.