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Phone: Alcohol
GALC Alcohol Module OVERVIEW In the 2004 wave, the questions regarding alcohol use/ experiences became an independent module, but it is very similar to the alcohol questions in the last wave of data collection in 1993. This current wave replicated the all of the questions that were in the previous one and added four new questions from the M.I.N.I. PLUS 5.0.0 which became variables GU039RE, GU040RE, GU041RE, and GU042RE. A core set of questions was asked of all respondents whether or not they were included in the sub-sample. These questions relate to the drinking habits of respondents (variables GU025RE GU026RE GU027RE GU028RE GU029RE) and if they had ever lived with an alcoholic (variables GU037RE GU038RE). Further questions about alcoholic symptoms and attitudes about alcohol use are based on the same 79% random sub-sample of respondents as it was in 1993. Variable GUA01RE is identical to GU001RE in the Depression module and is a flag which equals 1 if respondents were in the sample and 0 if they were not. BRIEF VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS GUA01RE: Random Sub-Sample Selection Flag (ALCFLAG) GU025RE - GU029RE: Alcohol Use in a Typical Month GU030RE - GU036RE: Selected Alcohol Symptoms from the G-Mast GU037RE - GU038RE: Has Respondent Ever Lived with a Problem Drinker GU039RE - GU042RE: Lifetime Alcohol Symptoms from the M.I.N.I Plus 5.0.0 Note: See COR 849 in Appendix M for variable creation details
gua01re: Random 79 percent sample for depression/alcohol sections.
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: ALCFLAG
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
0 | R is NOT in subsample, did NOT answer alcohol section | 739 | 861 | 1600 |
1 | R IS in subsample, DID answer alcohol section | 2631 | 3034 | 5665 |
Religion, cognition, digit ordering, volunteer, and alcohol and depression are asked of the same sub-sample.
This variable is identical to gu001re in the Depression module.
gu025re: Have you ever drunk alcoholic beverages, such as beer, wine, liquor, or mixed alcoholic drinks?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: u1
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 65 | 143 |
-3 | REFUSED | 18 | 29 | 47 |
1 | YES | 3206 | 3647 | 6853 |
2 | NO | 68 | 154 | 222 |
gu026re: During the last month, on how many days did you drink alcoholic beverages, such as beer, wine, liquor, or mixed alcoholic drinks?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: u2
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 65 | 143 |
-3 | REFUSED | 27 | 37 | 64 |
-2 | 68 | 154 | 222 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 7 | 8 | 15 |
0 | NEVER/NONE | 776 | 1177 | 1953 |
1 - 2 | 404 | 748 | 1152 | |
3 - 5 | 569 | 683 | 1252 | |
6 - 14 | 498 | 477 | 975 | |
15 - 30 | 764 | 444 | 1208 | |
31 | 179 | 102 | 281 |
gu027re: About how many drinks did you have on average on days that you drank alcoholic beverages?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: u3
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-25 | ONLY DRANK AT RELIGIOUS SERVICES | 0 | 3 | 3 |
-24 | VOLUNTEERED < 1 DRINK PER DAY | 2 | 8 | 10 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 65 | 143 |
-4 | NOT ASCERTAINED | 1 | 0 | 1 |
-2 | 878 | 1376 | 2254 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 4 | 3 | 7 |
1 | 874 | 1497 | 2371 | |
2 | 961 | 747 | 1708 | |
3 | 324 | 145 | 469 | |
4 | 148 | 32 | 180 | |
5 | 43 | 12 | 55 | |
6 | 39 | 4 | 43 | |
7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
8 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
15 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Individuals reporting that they only drank at religious services (i.e. Communion wine) were recoded to 0.
Individuals who volunteered that they had less than one drink per day (i.e. Two swallows or half a beer) were coded as 0.5.
Individuals who volunteered that they drank 1.5, 2.5, etc. drinks were recoded (rounded up) to 2, 3, etc.
Individuals who gave range (one or two), (three to five) were given the middle value. If that was not a whole number then they were subject to the previous note.
gu028re: How many drinks did you have in last month?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: u2, u3
Frequencies | ||||
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Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 65 | 143 |
-4 | NOT ASCERTAINED | 1 | 0 | 1 |
-3 | REFUSED | 27 | 37 | 64 |
-2 | 851 | 1342 | 2193 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 4 | 3 | 7 |
0.50 - 3 | 369 | 779 | 1148 | |
4 - 8 | 466 | 629 | 1095 | |
9 - 20 | 604 | 591 | 1195 | |
21 - 60 | 707 | 374 | 1081 | |
62 - 375 | 263 | 75 | 338 |
Individuals reporting that they only drank at religious services (i.e. Communion wine) are assigned inappropriate (-2).
gu029re: In the past month, how many times did you have 5 or more drinks on the same occasion?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: u5
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 65 | 143 |
-3 | REFUSED | 26 | 34 | 60 |
-2 | 1038 | 1709 | 2747 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 11 | 5 | 16 |
0 | NEVER/NONE | 1667 | 1912 | 3579 |
1 | 156 | 83 | 239 | |
2 | 142 | 32 | 174 | |
3 - 4 | 118 | 28 | 146 | |
5 - 30 | 121 | 27 | 148 | |
31 - 35 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
gu030re: At any time in your life have you felt bad or guilty about drinking?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: u6
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 65 | 143 |
-3 | REFUSED | 9 | 4 | 13 |
-2 | 792 | 982 | 1774 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 2 | 1 | 3 |
1 | YES | 727 | 496 | 1223 |
2 | NO | 1762 | 2347 | 4109 |
gu031re: At any time in your life have people annoyed you by criticizing your drinking?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: u7
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 65 | 143 |
-3 | REFUSED | 7 | 4 | 11 |
-2 | 792 | 982 | 1774 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 2 | 2 | 4 |
1 | YES | 370 | 128 | 498 |
2 | NO | 2121 | 2714 | 4835 |
gu032re: Has drinking caused a problem for you at work?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: u8
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 65 | 143 |
-3 | REFUSED | 7 | 2 | 9 |
-2 | 792 | 982 | 1774 | |
1 | YES | 69 | 10 | 79 |
2 | NO | 2424 | 2836 | 5260 |
gu033re: Has drinking caused a problem between you and your spouse, children, parents, or other near relatives?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: u9
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 65 | 143 |
-3 | REFUSED | 7 | 1 | 8 |
-2 | 792 | 982 | 1774 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1 | YES | 274 | 68 | 342 |
2 | NO | 2218 | 2779 | 4997 |
gu034rec: Alcohol Symptom Count replicated from 1993. See notes for details.
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: u6, u7, u8, u9, u10, u11
Revisions: Updated Jan 2008
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 65 | 143 |
-3 | REFUSED | 7 | 2 | 9 |
-2 | 739 | 861 | 1600 | |
0 | 1702 | 2429 | 4131 | |
1 | 461 | 414 | 875 | |
2 | 177 | 75 | 252 | |
3 | 104 | 18 | 122 | |
4 | 66 | 24 | 90 | |
5 | 36 | 7 | 43 |
gua34re: Number of valid responses to alcohol symptoms used to create GU034REC.
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: u6, u7, u8, u9, u10, u11
Revisions: Added Jan 2008
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 65 | 143 |
-2 | 792 | 982 | 1774 | |
0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
4 | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
5 | 2485 | 2839 | 5324 |
gu035re: Have you gone to anyone for help about drinking, that is, about your drinking or anyone else's?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: u10
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 65 | 143 |
-3 | REFUSED | 6 | 2 | 8 |
-2 | 792 | 982 | 1774 | |
1 | YES | 215 | 252 | 467 |
2 | NO | 2279 | 2594 | 4873 |
gu036re: If you asked for help was it for your drinking or somebody else's?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: u11
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 65 | 143 |
-2 | 3077 | 3578 | 6655 | |
1 | RESPONDENT | 120 | 37 | 157 |
2 | SOMEONE ELSE | 83 | 205 | 288 |
3 | RESPONDENT AND SOMEONE ELSE | 12 | 10 | 22 |
gu037re: When you were growing up, that is during your first 18 years, did you live with anyone who was a problem drinker or alcoholic?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: u12
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 65 | 143 |
-3 | REFUSED | 20 | 34 | 54 |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 8 | 4 | 12 |
1 | YES | 556 | 775 | 1331 |
2 | NO | 2708 | 3017 | 5725 |
gu038re: Have you ever been married to, or lived with someone who was a problem drinker or alcoholic since you were 18?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: u13
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 66 | 144 |
-3 | REFUSED | 21 | 33 | 54 |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 1 | 1 | 2 |
1 | YES | 192 | 727 | 919 |
2 | NO | 3078 | 3068 | 6146 |
gu039re: In your lifetime, did you need to drink more to get the same effect that you did when you first started drinking?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: u20
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 66 | 144 |
-3 | REFUSED | 11 | 5 | 16 |
-2 | 792 | 982 | 1774 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 43 | 18 | 61 |
1 | YES | 299 | 89 | 388 |
2 | NO | 2147 | 2735 | 4882 |
gu040re: In your lifetime, have you tried to reduce or stop drinking alcohol but failed?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: u23
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 66 | 144 |
-2 | 2993 | 3740 | 6733 | |
1 | YES | 75 | 31 | 106 |
2 | NO | 224 | 58 | 282 |
gu041re: In your lifetime, did you spend less time working, enjoying hobbies, or being with others because of your drinking?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: u24
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 66 | 144 |
-2 | 2993 | 3740 | 6733 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 3 | 1 | 4 |
1 | YES | 72 | 26 | 98 |
2 | NO | 224 | 62 | 286 |
gu042re: In your lifetime, have you continued to drink even though you knew that the drinking caused you health or mental problems?
Data source: Graduate Respondent
Collected in: 2004
Mode: phone
Source variables: u25
Frequencies | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Value | Label | Male | Female | Total |
. | System missing - NR | 1621 | 1431 | 3052 |
-5 | PARTIAL INTERVIEW | 78 | 66 | 144 |
-3 | REFUSED | 1 | 0 | 1 |
-2 | 2993 | 3740 | 6733 | |
-1 | DON'T KNOW | 3 | 0 | 3 |
1 | YES | 100 | 28 | 128 |
2 | NO | 195 | 61 | 256 |