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Class-Level Differences in Alcohol and Drug Use Among
CU-Boulder Undergraduates Spring 1999

  Freshmen Sophomores Juniors Seniors
Abstain 10% 8% 10% 4%
Drank, but did not binge 25% 31% 28% 32%
Binged 1-2 times in the past two weeks 26% 26% 26% 34%
Binged 3 or more times in past two weeks 39% 35% 36% 30%
Drank 10 or more times in past month 21% 25% 31% 36%
Usually binge when drinking 67% 47% 41% 28%
Drunk 3 or more times in the past month 39% 40% 38% 32%
Drink to get drunk 73% 66% 66% 53%
Consider themselves problem drinkers 1% 0% 0% 0%
Ever thought they had a drinking problem 13% 10% 17% 25%
Drove after drinking in the past month 16% 28% 48% 45%
Drove after 5+ drinks in past month 3% 14% 16% 14%
Rode with drunk/high driver past month 26% 27% 31% 31%
Smoked cigarettes in past month 38% 24% 33% 40%
Used marijuana in past month 41% 27% 39% 29%
Used any drug past month (including MJ) 41% 28% 39% 33%
No binge in HS or college (No Binge) 26% 36% 31% 25%
Binge in college, not HS (Recent Uptake) 24% 24% 25% 30%
Binged in HS, not college (Give up) 8% 3% 6% 9%
Binged in HS and college (Continue bingeing) 41% 36% 35% 30%
Have a hangover 75% 66% 82% 72%
Miss a class 54% 38% 44% 39%
Get behind in schoolwork 35% 30% 34% 33%
Do something they regret 59% 38% 46% 47%
Argue with friends 29% 30% 30% 30%
Engage in unplanned sex 33% 23% 25% 33%
Engage in unprotected sex 9% 13% 14% 13%
Damage property 14% 16% 11% 10%
Get into trouble with police 14% 10% 10% 4%
Get hurt or injured 22% 14% 13% 15%
Medical treatment for overdose 1% 0% 0% 1%
Had 5 or more alcohol-related problems* 34% 26% 32% 33%
Been insulted or humiliated 39% 39% 35% 39%
Serious argument or quarrel 29% 28% 29% 36%
Been pushed/hit/assaulted 20% 17% 9% 18%
Had property damaged 21% 33% 29% 14%
Had to babysit a drunk student 68% 67% 55% 47%
Interrupted studying/sleep 74% 62% 57% 59%
Victim of unwanted sexual advance 37% 31% 26% 31%
Victim of sexual assault/date rape 1% 0% 1% 2%

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Last revision 07/08/05


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