Drinking patterns and drinking problems of college students.

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Abstract
The Quantity-Frequency index (Q-F) was used to categorize the students'' drinking habits, including beverage preference by sex as well as Q-F levels by race, year in school and grade point average. Of the 883 students who drank at least once a year. 80% indicated at least 1 drinking-related problem of some kind during the preceeding year and during their lifetime. A comparison with studies conducted since 1950 indicates that the percentage of students who drink (79%) is similar; larger percentages of women, both black (52%) and white (82%) are drinking; the percentage of black men who are heavy drinkers (5%) is smaller; there are fewer differences in the drinking patterns of 1st and 4th year students; and there was no increase during the past 15 yr in the incidence of negative drinking-related behavior.

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