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Measuring alcohol consumption
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Contemporary Drug Problems
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October 1, 2004
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This article is an overview of different approaches to measuring alcohol consumption: self-reports and objective measures such as blood alcohol concentration (BAC) and aggregate level measures. These approaches are evaluated as regards their ability to capture quantity, frequency, volume and vari
ability of drinking. This review focuses on self-report measures and on the current knowledge of undercoverage error when compared with sales data. In the comparative evaluation of measures, two analytical aims are examined: a) description and testing of differences across groups for which ordinal i
nformation is sufficient and b) establishment of cutoff points and risk relationships for which ...
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