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

  Female Male
Abstain 7% 9%
Drank, but did not binge 32% 26%
Binged 1-2 times in the past two weeks 28% 28%
Binged 3 or more times in past two weeks 34% 37%
Drank 10 or more times in past month 23% 34%
Usually binge when drinking 42% 50%
Drunk 3 or more times in the past month 33% 41%
Drink to get drunk 59% 70%
Consider themselves problem drinkers 1% 0%
Ever thought they had a drinking problem 13% 19%
Drove after drinking in the past month 32% 36%
Drove after 5+ drinks in past month 10% 13%
Rode with drunk/high driver past month 28% 30%
Smoked cigarettes in past month 34% 35%
Used marijuana in past month 32% 35%
Used any drug past month (including MJ) 33% 38%
No binge in HS or college (No Binge) 30% 28%
Binge in college, not HS (Recent Uptake) 28% 23%
Binged in HS, not college (Give up) 8% 5%
Binged in HS and college (Continue bingeing) 32% 39%
Have a hangover 73% 74%
Miss a class 42% 46%
Get behind in schoolwork 33% 33%
Do something they regret 46% 50%
Argue with friends 24% 36%
Engage in unplanned sex 27% 31%
Engage in unprotected sex 13% 12%
Damage property 4% 23%
Get into trouble with police 5% 14%
Get hurt or injured 13% 20%
Medical treatment for overdose 0% 1%
Had 5 or more alcohol-related problems* 25% 39%
Been insulted or humiliated 41% 35%
Serious argument or quarrel 28% 34%
Been pushed/hit/assaulted 12% 20%
Had property damaged 22% 25%
Had to babysit a drunk student 63% 55%
Interrupted studying/sleep 67% 60%
Victim of unwanted sexual advance 33% 30%
Victim of sexual assault/date rape 1% 1%

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Last revision 07/08/05


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