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Table 1 Characteristics of emerging adults age 18-23 years attending the Mifflin Street Block Party (MSBP)

From: Emerging adults’ use of alcohol and social networking sites during a large street festival: A real-time interview study

n = 200

n

%

Gender

 

Male

103

52

Female

97

48

Alcohol use at block party

 

Used alcohol

192

97

Heavy episodic drinking

43

22

Social networking site use at block party

 

Used Facebook

45

23

Used Twitter

35

18

Used either SNS

65

33

Planned to use SNS to arrange transportation from block party

7

4

  1. SNS Social networking site. Heavy episodic drinking defined according to NIAAA criteria (>5 drinks in 2 h for males; >4 drinks in 2 h for females)