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Long‐term Changes in Reported Alcohol Purchasing and Consumption Following an Increase in New York State's Purchase Age to 19
Author(s) -
WILLIAMS TIMOTHY P.,
LILLIS ROBERT P.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1988.tb03983.x
Subject(s) - purchasing , consumption (sociology) , alcohol consumption , term (time) , environmental health , alcohol , age groups , business , medicine , demography , marketing , sociology , social science , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
Summary Utilizing survey data for one year before, one year after and 3 years after New York raised its purchase age from 18 to 19 years, this study examines the short‐term alcohol purchasing and long‐term purchasing and consumption patterns of 16‐ to 20‐year‐olds. The results indicate a short‐term, purchase‐age‐specific impact on alcohol purchasing. The long‐term analysis indicates that initial purchase‐age impacts are maintained for both purchasing and consumption up to 3 years later. These results provide evidence for the efficacy of purchase age increases and purchase age policy per se as well as evidence for the role of alcohol availability as a mediator for the effects of purchase age policy on highway crashes.