Measuring quantity and frequency of drinking in a general population survey: a comparison of five indices.

Lemmens, Paul; Tan, Eng-Seong; Knibbe, Ronald A.

doi:10.15288/jsa.1992.53.476

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“…For example, prospective diaries consistently produce higher estimates of sensitive and socially undesirable behaviour, and these estimates come closest to matching objective measures of the behaviour when they have been available (e.g., per capita alcohol revenues) (Carney et al, 1998;Corti et al, 1990;Lemmens, Tan & Knibbe, 1992). Similarly, the Time-Line Follow-Back (TLFB) is a retrospective procedure that guides the person through their past behaviour on a day by day basis using important dates or events as anchors (Sobell & Sobell, 1996).…”

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confidence: 85%

‘How Much Money Do You Spend on Gambling?’ The Comparative Validity of Question Wordings Used to Assess Gambling Expenditure

Wood¹,

Williams

2007

International Journal of Social Research Methodology

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Gambling expenditure is a commonly asked question in jurisdiction-wide surveys of gambling behaviour and in surveys of household spending. However, the validity of self-reported gambling expenditure is questionable due to the fact that these expenditures usually do not match up with actual gambling revenue. The present study asked about past month gambling expenditure, in 12 different ways, to a random sample of 2424 Ontario adult gamblers. The relative validity of each question format was subsequently established by the correspondence of reported gambling expenditures with actual Ontario gambling revenue, as well as with amounts obtained by prospective diaries. Slight variations in question wording resulted in significant variation in reported expenditure amounts. However, certain question wordings elicited amounts closer to actual revenues and are therefore recommended for use in future surveys.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 85%

‘How Much Money Do You Spend on Gambling?’ The Comparative Validity of Question Wordings Used to Assess Gambling Expenditure

Wood¹,

Williams

2007

International Journal of Social Research Methodology

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“…Prospective written diaries are associated with higher estimates of drinking when compared with retrospective quantity-frequency alcohol questionnaires, with heavier drinkers being more likely to underestimate their drinking behavior and lighter drinkers tending to overestimate their behaviors in retrospect (Townshend and Duka, 2002). Furthermore, Lemmens et al (1992) concluded that prospective diary measures more closely corresponded to the available alcohol sales data when compared with retrospective diary and other summary measures.…”

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confidence: 95%

“…Other authors have noted that participants tended to report greater alcohol use on diary measures compared with retrospective summary measures, unless they were among the heaviest drinkers, for whom the reports were more similar (Webb et al, 1990). Although prospective diaries are largely regarded as the most valid overall, retrospective measures may offer a better estimation for individuals with heavier drinking patterns than for lighter drinkers (Lemmens et al, 1992) or sporadic drinkers (Gmel and Daeppen, 2007). It may be that individuals with more variable drinking patterns have more diffi cultly remembering and recalling their alcohol use, whereas individuals with consistent alcohol-use patterns have less diffi culty retrospectively reporting on their drinking.…”

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confidence: 99%

Comparing Numbers of Drinks: College Students' Reports From Retrospective Summary, Followback, and Prospective Daily Diary Measures

Patrick¹,

Lee²

2010

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective: Retrospective summary, followback (retrospective diaries), and prospective daily diary measures of alcohol use among college students were compared across 29 days. Method: Participants were college students (n = 176; 60.2% female). Similarities in the three web-based reporting methods and both between-persons (i.e., gender, past drinking behavior, fraternity/sorority affi liation, average drinking behavior during the study period) and within-person (i.e., daily number of drinks, weekend days, Halloween, and week of study) predictors of concordance between reports of followback and prospective diaries were analyzed. Results: On prospective diaries, students reported a greater number of maximum drinks (compared with followback only) and a greater number of heavy drinking days in the past 2 weeks (compared with both followback and retrospective summary measures). In followback compared with prospective diaries, students tended to provide infl ated accounts of their drinking behavior when reporting about occasions with greater typical drinking (i.e., weekends, Halloween) and defl ated accounts of their drinking on their own heavier drinking days, especially if they were affi liated with a fraternity/sorority. Women and students who drank more on average across study days tended to provide defl ated estimates of their day-to-day drinking in followback compared with prospective diary. Conclusions: Understanding the concordance and discordance in self-reported alcohol use is an important area for continued research efforts. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs, 71, 554-561, 2010)

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“…Alcohol consumption was measured using five questions according the Quantity Frequency method (QF) [16,17]: (1) 'How often did you drink alcoholic beverages last 30 days? ', (2) 'If you drink on weekdays (Monday through Thursday), on how many days of these 4 days, on average, do you drink?'…”

Section: Alcohol Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The opinion of adolescents and adults on Dutch restrictive and educational alcohol policy measures

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This article appeared in a journal published by Elsevier. The attached copy is furnished to the author for internal non-commercial research and education use, including for instruction at the authors institution and sharing with colleagues.Other uses, including reproduction and distribution, or selling or licensing copies, or posting to personal, institutional or third party websites are prohibited. a b s t r a c tObjectives: The main objective of this study is to explore the opinion of 16-22-year olds on alcohol policy measures compared to the opinion of adults older than 22 years. Methods: Data was collected in 2008 by using a Dutch panel. This panel was based on a representative probability of households with 8280 members of 16 years and older. The study had a cross-sectional design and questionnaires were filled out through internet.Results: According measures related to the availability of alcohol, the 16-18-and 19-22-year olds are significantly more negative about these policy measures than the respondents older than 22 years. Educational measures were more popular than restrictive availability measures among all three groups, and the opinions of the groups differed significantly from each other. Own alcohol use seemed to be the main predictor for the opinion on restrictive availability measures. Conclusions: The 16-22-year olds are more negative regarding restrictive availability measures and educational measures than adults older than 22 years, and the restrictive availability measures are less popular than the educational measures among the adolescents.

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Measuring quantity and frequency of drinking in a general population survey: a comparison of five indices.

Cited by 228 publications

References 15 publications

‘How Much Money Do You Spend on Gambling?’ The Comparative Validity of Question Wordings Used to Assess Gambling Expenditure

‘How Much Money Do You Spend on Gambling?’ The Comparative Validity of Question Wordings Used to Assess Gambling Expenditure

Comparing Numbers of Drinks: College Students' Reports From Retrospective Summary, Followback, and Prospective Daily Diary Measures

The opinion of adolescents and adults on Dutch restrictive and educational alcohol policy measures

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