Description & Citation--Study No. 4291 | |
Bibliographic Description | |
| ICPSR Study No.: | 4291 |
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| Title: | Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study, 2001 |
| Principal Investigator(s): | Henry Wechsler, Harvard School of Public Health |
| Funding Agency: | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
| Grant Number: | 35965 |
| Bibliographic Citation: | Wechsler, Henry. HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH COLLEGE ALCOHOL STUDY, 2001 [Computer file]. ICPSR04291-v2. Boston, MA: Harvard School of Public Health [producer], 2005. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2008-02-05. |
Scope of Study | |
| Summary: | The Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study (CAS), a multi-round survey that interviewed students in four-year colleges, examined key issues in alcohol abuse and other high risk behaviors among college students, including the relationship of state alcohol control measures and college policies to alcohol use and the role of fraternities and sororities, easy access to alcohol, and low alcohol prices. As in the previous rounds of CAS, which were conducted in 1993 (ICPSR 6577), 1997 (ICPSR 3163), and 1999 (ICPSR 3818), this round collected information on students' use of alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs, views on campus alcohol policies and student alcohol use, reasons for drinking alcohol and reasons for not drinking or limiting drinking, and personal difficulties caused by drinking problems (e.g., missed classes and trouble with police). Additional topics covered by the survey include overall health status, daily activities, satisfaction with education being received, grade-point average, living arrangements, social life, sexual activity (heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexual), use of condoms during sexual intercourse, rape, and drunk driving. Background variables include age, height, weight, sex, marital status, religion, mother's and father's education, mother's and father's drinking habits, race, and Hispanic origin. |
| Subject Term(s): | academic achievement, alcohol abuse, alcohol consumption, college students, drinking behavior, drug abuse, health status, sexual behavior, smoking, social life, treatment programs |
| Geographic Coverage: | United States |
| Time Period: | 2001 |
| Date(s) of Collection: | 2001 |
| Universe: | Full-time undergraduate students enrolled in four-year colleges or universities in the United States. |
| Data Type: | survey data |
| Data Collection Notes: | Generated by the SAS CPORT procedure, the SAS transport file comprises the data and a formats catalog with the value labels. |
Methodology | |
| Sample: | Random sample of students using probability proportionate to size sampling of colleges and universities. The data comprise responses from 119 schools. |
| Mode of Data Collection: | mail questionnaire |
Access and Availability | |
| Note: | A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest. |
| Restrictions: | This data collection may not be used for any purpose other than statistical reporting and analysis. Use of these data to learn the identity of any person or establishment is prohibited. To protect respondent privacy, variables COLL_ID (college identifier), SERIAL (sequence number within college), STUDY_ID (unique respondent identifier), and G12B (high school state) are restricted from general dissemination. To obtain these variables, researchers must agree to the terms and conditions of a Restricted Data Use Agreement in accordance with existing ICPSR servicing policies. ICPSR did not receive code descriptions for variable COLL_ID (college identifier)--consequently, individual colleges cannot be identified by name with this variable. The order of cases has been randomly scrambled in the public-use data file. |
| Original ICPSR Release: | 2005-08-08 |
| Version History: | The last update of this study occurred on 2008-02-05. |
| 2008-02-05 - ICPSR produced SPSS and Stata setups and a Stata version of the data which were added to the collection. | |
