Alcohol consumption and risky sexual behavior among young adults: evidence from minimum legal drinking age laws

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ceren Ertan Yörük ◽  
Barış K. Yörük
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Risky Sexual Behavior ◽  
Drinking Age ◽  
Minimum Legal Drinking Age

scholarly journals The Effect of Alcohol Consumption on Labor Market Outcomes of Young Adults: Evidence from Minimum Legal Drinking Age Laws

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 1297-1324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ceren Ertan Yörük
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Drinking Age ◽  
Minimum Legal Drinking Age ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This paper uses a regression discontinuity design to estimate the impact of the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) laws on alcohol consumption and labor market outcomes of young adults. Using confidential data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 Cohort (NLSY97), I find that granting legal access to alcohol at age 21 leads to an increase in several measures of alcohol consumption. The discrete jump in the alcohol consumption at the MLDA has also negative spillover effects on the labor market outcomes of young adults. In particular, I document that the MLDA is associated with a 1 hour decrease in weekly working hours. However, the effect of the MLDA laws on wages is negative only under certain specifications. These results suggest that the policies designed to curb drinking may not only have desirable effects in reducing alcohol consumption among young adults but also have positive spillover effects on their labor market outcomes.

Alcohol Consumption and Risky Sexual Behavior Among Persons Attending Alcohol Consumption Venues in Gaborone, Botswana

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tsering Pema Lama ◽  
E. ‘Kuor Kumoji ◽  
Ditsotlhe Ketlogetswe ◽  
Marina Anderson ◽  
Heena Brahmbhatt
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Risky Sexual Behavior

scholarly journals Sexual health, risky sexual behavior and condom use among adolescents young adults and older adults in Chiang Mai, Thailand: findings from a population based survey

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kanokporn Pinyopornpanish ◽  
Sanhapan Thanamee ◽  
Wichuda Jiraporncharoen ◽  
Kanittha Thaikla ◽  
Jessica McDonald ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Condom Use ◽  
Risky Sexual Behavior ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Chiang Mai ◽  
Population Based Survey

scholarly journals Patterns of Alcohol Consumption and Sexual Behavior among Young Adults in Nightclubs

2010 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brooke E. Wells ◽  
Brian C. Kelly ◽  
Sarit A. Golub ◽  
Christian Grov ◽  
Jeffrey T. Parsons
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Alcohol Consumption

scholarly journals The Minimum Legal Drinking Age and Public Health

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Carpenter ◽  
Carlos Dobkin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Correct Choice ◽  
The United States ◽  
Adverse Outcomes ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Drinking Age ◽  
Minimum Legal Drinking Age ◽  
Panel Fixed Effects

The Amethyst Initiative, signed by more than 100 college presidents and other higher education officials calls for a reexamination of the minimum legal drinking age in the United States. A central argument of the initiative is that the U.S. minimum legal drinking age policy results in more dangerous drinking than would occur if the legal drinking age were lower. A companion organization called Choose Responsibility explicitly proposes “a series of changes that will allow 18–20 year-olds to purchase, possess and consume alcoholic beverages.” Does the age-21 drinking limit in the United States reduce alcohol consumption by young adults and its harms, or as the signatories of the Amethyst Initiative contend, is it “not working”? In this paper, we summarize a large and compelling body of empirical evidence which shows that one of the central claims of the signatories of the Amethyst Initiative is incorrect: setting the minimum legal drinking age at 21 clearly reduces alcohol consumption and its major harms. We use a panel fixed effects approach and a regression discontinuity approach to estimate the effects of the minimum legal drinking age on mortality, and we also discuss what is known about the relationship between the minimum legal drinking age and other adverse outcomes such as nonfatal injury and crime. We document the effect of the minimum legal drinking age on alcohol consumption and estimate the costs of adverse alcohol-related events on a per-drink basis. Finally we consider implications for the correct choice of a minimum legal drinking age.

scholarly journals Dating Applications, Sexual Behaviors, and Attitudes of College Students in Brazil’s Legal Amazon

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (20) ◽  
pp. 7494
Author(s):  
Maycon Klerystton B. Tavares ◽  
Romulo L. P. de Melo ◽  
Bianca F. da Rocha ◽  
Débora J. Andrade ◽  
Danielle R. Evangelista ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Risky Sexual Behavior ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Number Of Sexual Partners

Although dating applications (apps) have become popular among young adults, there is a dearth of information regarding the sexual health implications among Brazilian college students. This study examined risky sexual behavior and attitudes of dating app users, based on their sex in Brazil’s Legal Amazon. Three hundred and fifty-nine students reported their sociodemographic data, dating app use, and sexual behaviors and attitudes through self-administered questionnaires. Bivariate analyses and analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Bonferroni post-hoc tests were performed. Dating app use was reported by 238 (66.3%) subjects, most of whom had an encounter and sex with a casual partner. Women frequently requested condom use. Trust in one’s partner or having repeated encounters were the main reasons for engaging in risky sexual behavior. Men had a greater number of sexual partners and less protective attitudes. Sexual health awareness by apps was not reported by 97% of women, and most of them were not tested for sexually transmitted infections. A positive attitude toward sexual health was not a predictor of safe sex. Important similarities and differences regarding risky sexual behaviors and attitudes were observed between the sexes, many of which correlated with increased sexual vulnerability during the sexual encounters arranged through the dating apps. This cross-sectional study supports efforts on sexual health promotion and sexual education implementation in the face of growing usage of apps among young adults for sexual matters.

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