Acknowledgments
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Introduction
Walter B. Clark
PART II: METHODS
2. Some Comments on Methods
Walter B. Clark
3. Measuring Alcohol Consumption in the U.S.: Methods and Rationales
Robin Room
4. A Note on Measuring Drinking Problems in the 1984 National Alcohol Survey
Michael E. Hilton
PART III: OVERVIEW
5. The Demographic Distribution of Drinking Patterns in 1984
Michael E. Hilton
6. The Demographic Distribution of Drinking Problems in 1984
Michael E. Hilton
PART IV: TRENDS
7. Changes in American Drinking Patterns and Problems, 1967 - 1984
Michael E. Hilton and Walter B. Clark
8. Trends in U.S. Drinking Patterns: Further Evidence from the Past Twenty Years
Michael E. Hilton
9. Trends in Drinking Problems and Attitudes in the U.S., 1979 - 1984
Michael E. Hilton
10. Cultural Changes in Drinking and Trends in Alcohol Problems Indicators: Recent U.S. Experience
Robin Room
PART V: PROBLEMS
11. Conceptions of Alcohol Problems
Walter B. Clark
12. The U.S. General Population's Experiences with Responses to Alcohol Problems
Robin Room
13. Demographic Characteristics and the Frequency of Heavey Drinking as Predictors of Self-Reported Drinking Problems
Michael E. Hilton
14. The Effect of Average Daily Consumption and Frequency of Intoxication on the Occurrence of Dependence Symptoms and Alcohol-Related Problems
Thomas C. Harford, Bridget F. Grant and Deborah S. Hasin
15. Higher and Lower Levels of Self-Reported Problems among Heavy Drinkers
Michael E. Hilton
PART VI: CONTEXTS
16. Introduction to Drinking Contexts
Walter B. Clark
17. Regional Diversity in U.S. Drinking Practices
Michael E. Hilton
18. The Presence of Alcohol in Four Social Situations: Survey Results from 1964 and 1984
Michael E. Hilton
PART VII: BLACKS AND HISPANICS
19. Findings from the 1984 National Survey of Alcohol Use among U.S. Hispanics
Raul Caetano
20. Drinking Patterns in the Black Populations
Denise Herd
APPENDIX
21. One Approach to Oversampling Blacks and Hispanics: The National Alcohol Survey
Robert L. Santos
Notes
References
Contributors
Index