A study of alcohol consumption in women baccalaureate nursing students : an honors thesis (HONRS 499)

Abstract

This research study describes alcohol consumption in female baccalaureate nursing students at a Midwestern university. The study examines the relationship among demographic data as age, marital status, place of residence, other occupants of the household, and level in college and number of days per week alcohol is consumed, the amount of alcohol consumed during an average week, alcohol consumption in one occasion, and in the heaviest drinking episode. Open-ended questions were included to identify reasons that the individual drinks and how alcohol makes them feel. Most of the subjects reported that they did not consume alcohol during an average week, during an average occasion, or during their heaviest drinking episode. However, there was a wide range of responses. There was no relationship found between age and alcohol consumption. No significant difference was discovered between alcohol consumption and marital status. A significant difference was not found between alcohol consumption and the category of other household occupants.