PROBLEMS WITH THE GRADUATED FREQUENCY APPROACH TO MEASURING ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION: RESULTS FROM A PILOT STUDY IN TORONTO, CANADA
Author(s) -
Kathryn Graham,
Andrée Demers,
Jürgen Rehm,
Gerhard Gmel
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
alcohol and alcoholism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.747
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1464-3502
pISSN - 0735-0414
DOI - 10.1093/alcalc/agh075
Subject(s) - random digit dialing , alcohol consumption , interview , telephone interview , consumption (sociology) , medicine , heavy drinking , recall , gerontology , psychology , environmental health , demography , alcohol , statistics , injury prevention , poison control , mathematics , population , biochemistry , chemistry , social science , sociology , political science , law , cognitive psychology
To evaluate advantages and disadvantages of the graduated frequency (GF) approach, which asks about the frequency of alcohol consumption at mutually exclusive quantity levels (i.e. 12 or more drinks, at least eight drinks but less than 12, etc.).
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