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The state sets the rate: the relationship among state-specific college binge drinking, state binge drinking rates,
Toben F Nelson1, Timothy S Naimi, Robert D Brewer
1Harvard School of Public Health, Landmark Center, Rm 445-B, 401 Park Dr, Boston, MA 02215, USA. tnelson@hsph.harvard.edu
Objectives:
We assessed the relationship between college binge drinking, binge drinking in the general population, and selected alcohol control policies.
Methods:
We analyzed binge drinking rates from 2 national surveys, the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Binge drinking data were linked to a summary measure of 7 salient alcohol control policies and a rating of resources devoted to law enforcement.
Results:
State-level college and adult binge drinking rates were strongly correlated (Pearson correlation coefficient=0.43; P<.01). Attending college in states with the lowest binge drinking rates (adjusted odds ratio [OR]=0.63; 95% confidence interval [CI]=0.41, 0.97) and presence of more stringent alcohol control policies (adjusted OR=0.57; 95% CI=0.33, 0.97) were independent predictors of student binge drinking, after adjusting for state law enforcement and individual-, college-, and state-level covariates.
Conclusions:
State of residence is a predictor of binge drinking by college students. State-level alcohol control policies may help reduce binge drinking among college students and in the general population.
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