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Table 2 Alcohol and SNS use among alcohol-using emerging adults at MSBP, by gender

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

 

Males (n = 99)

Females (n = 93)

p-value*

Alcohol use at the block party

   
 

Mean hours drinking (SD)**

5.5 (2.6)

4.5 (2.0)

0.004

 

Mean number of drinks (SD)**

9.6 (5.0)

5.4 (3.0)

<0.001

 

% heavy episodic drinkers

19

16

0.696

Social networking site use at the block party

   
 

% used Facebook

15

31

<0.001

 

% used Twitter

14

22

0.142

 

% used either SNS

25

42

0.014

 

% planned to use SNS for transportation***

3

4

0.715

  1. SNS Social networking site, MSBP Mifflin Street Block Party
  2. Heavy episodic drinking defined according to NIAAA criteria (>5 drinks in 2 h for males; >4 drinks in 2 h for females)
  3. *p-values reported from chi-squared tests unless otherwise indicated
  4. **p-value from t-tests for difference in means
  5. ***p-value from Fisher’s exact test
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Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

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