Age-related patterns of daily alcohol consumption in metropolitan Boston.

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Abstract
Data collected from 794 adult drinkers interviewed during a 1974 household survey of metropolitan Boston, Massachusetts, USA were examined for trends in the quantity and frequency of consumption by age, sex and day of week. The respondents drank more on Fridays and Saturdays than on other days of the week, men drank more than did women on each day of the week (P < 0.01), young adults drank more than did older adults on Fridays and Saturdays (P < 0.01), and adults 51 or over drank significantly more often than did adults aged 18-25 on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays (P < 0.01). When differences in average consumption levels were examined in a subsample of 400 respondents who reported drinking on both weekdays and weekends, weekend consumption was significantly higher in women age 50 or under (P < 0.05) and men under age 35 (P < 0.05). In all age and sex groups the drinking cycle reflected an increase in the number of persons drinking as well as an increase in each person''s frequency of drinking per day.

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