Data Sets
Data Sets

The questionnaires for most studies
are available from Alcohol Research Group, 6475 Christie Avenue, Suite
400, Emeryville, CA, 94608-1010; all questionnaires with a CARRF
reference number can be purchased from the Ralph T. Connor Alcohol
Research Reference Files, Center of Alcohol Studies, Rutgers University,
Allison Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854.
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Pilot Studies
Community Studies
Client Population Studies
College Studies
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PILOT
STUDIES
Oakland, 1960 (O60)
173 interviews with men from a selection of middle-class neighborhoods
in Oakland. The form and order of questionnaire items were varied
experimentally. (CARRF 2.1/7, 20pp.)
Concord, 1960 (C60)
249 interviews with men from a selection of middle-class tracts around
Concord, California. The form and order of questionnaire items were
varied experimentally. (CARRF 2.1/7, with Oakland above.)
East Bay, 1963 (EB63)
755 mail questionnaires returned from East Bay Irish, Jewish and white
Protestant respondents; conducted summer 1963. (CARRF 2.1/8, 17pp.)
Richmond, 1963 (R63)
162 interviews with criterion respondents (registrants at an alcoholic
clinic) and a matching control group, in Richmond, Virginia.
Experimental study; conducted February-March 1963. Questionnaire very
close to Hartford I.
Alcohol Effects Survey, 1984 (AE84)
445 cases, mail and self-administered questionnaires, 180 from Oakland
and East Bay telephone book, 265 from students in introductory sociology
at U.C. Santa Barbara.
Drinking and Sexuality Diary Study,
1987 (DS87)
Daily diaries of drinking and of the sexual behavior, and of dating,
completed over 10 weeks by 99 respondents.
Drinking and Sexuality Tavern Patron
Samples, 1987 (TP87)
Questionnaire from heterosexual males (n=314) and females (n=437) and
from homosexual males (n=593) handed out to patrons emerging from San
Francisco sexual marketplace bars.
Drinking and Sexuality: General
Population Mail Study, San Francisco, 1987 (MS87)
844 questionnaires from respondents sampled from a household listing of
San Francisco.
National 9 Pilot, 1994 (CATI) (N9P)
Computer assisted telephone interview of 627 US national adults (aged
18+) surveyed in April using an RDD CATI sample to pilot consumption,
problem and expectancy questions for 1995 NAS (N9).
Asian American Drinking Practices, 2002
(AAP02)
53 Cambodian, 51 Chinese, and 49 Filipino Americans participated in a
study that examined measurements of alcohol use data and alcohol
consumption patterns for Asian Americans.
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COMMUNITY STUDIES
Berkeley, 1960 (B60)
569 interviews forming a probability sample of the adult population of
Berkeley, California; conducted in late 1960. (CARRF 2.1/6 60pp.)
Hartford I, 1964 (H64)
433 interviews with probability sample of adults in Hartford and West
Hartford, Connecticut. Conducted January through April 1964. (CARRF
2.1/23, 27pp.)
Hartford II, 1967 (H67)
325 interviews with respondents initially interviewed in 1964. Conducted
Fall 1966 and Spring 1967. (CARRF 2.1/24, 46pp.)
San Francisco, 1962 (SF62)
1,268 interviews forming a probability sample of the adult population of
San Francisco, California; conducted in early 1962. (CARRF 2.1/9A,
34pp.)
San Francisco, 1964 (SF64)
970 interviews with a selected sample of San Francisco 1962 respondents
and their spouses; conducted in late 1963 and early 1964. (CARRF 2.1/9B,
99pp.)
San Francisco, 1967 (SF67)
786 interviews with a new sample of San Francisco men, ages 21-59;
conducted in late 1967 and early 1968. (CARRF 2.1/18, 93pp.)
San Francisco, 1971 (SF71)
615 interviews with respondents initially interviewed in the 1967 San
Francisco sample; conducted in late 1971 and early 1972. (CARRF 2.1/19,
21pp.)
San Francisco, 1972 (SF72)
185 interviews with male respondents interviewed in 1964; conducted in
early 1972. (CARRF 2.1/20, 13pp.)
San Francisco, 1986 (SF86)
Reinterviews with 344 respondents from the San Francisco 1964 and 396
respondents from the San Francisco 1967 samples.
San Francisco and Marin, 1975 (SM75)
Interviews with new probability samples aged 18+: S.F. n=1,513, Marin
n=979. (CARRF 2.1/38A, 20pp.)
San Francisco Youth, 1975 (SY75)
Version for teenagers aged 12-17 of the above, n=276. (CARRF 2.1/38B, 2
additional pages.)
California Prevention Demonstration
Evaluation, 1st Wave, 1977 (P1A)(P1Y)
This study uses area-probability household samples drawn in three study
sites: Alameda County (parts of Oakland and all of San Leandro), n=519
adults aged 18-59 and 102 youth aged 12-17; Contra Costa County
(Richmond, El Cerrito and San Pablo), n=518 adults and 105 youth; San
Joaquin County (Stockton), n=497 adults and 109 youth. (CARRF 2.1/43B
(including youth questions), 49pp.)
California Prevention Demonstration
Evaluation, 2nd Wave, 1978 (P2A)(P2Y)
This study uses area-probability household samples drawn in three study
sites: Alameda County (parts of Oakland and all of San Leandro), n=505
adults aged 18-59 and 90 youth aged 12-17; Contra Costa County
(Richmond, El Cerrito and San Pablo), n=532 adults and 111 youth; San
Joaquin County (Stockton), n=507 adults and 107 youth. (CARRF 2.1/43E,
CARRF 2.1/43F)
California Prevention Demonstration
Evaluation, 3rd Wave, 1980 (P3A)(P3Y)
This study uses area-probability household samples drawn in three study
sites: Alameda County (parts of Oakland and all of San Leandro), n=477
adults aged 18-59 and 78 youth aged 12-17; Contra Costa County
(Richmond, El Cerrito and San Pablo), n=480 adults and 98 youth; San
Joaquin County (Stockton), n=509 adults and 98 youth. (CARRF 2.1/43G,
CARRF 2.1/43H)
Contra Costa Community Response Study,
1979 (CR79)
Interviews with Contra Costa County area probability sample of adults
aged 18+, (n=484). (CARRF 2.1/51)
Community Alcohol Distribution,
Berkeley, 1981 (O81)
Interviews with a new probability sample of Berkeley adults, Spring
1981. (n=1022). (CARRF 2.1/50)
Contra Costa County General Population
Survey, 1987/88, 1988/89 (C89)
A new area probability household sample of adults aged 18+, interviewed
in two stages: n=2,101 in 1987/88, n=968 in 1988/89. The latter stage
includes questions on sexuality as well as drinking.
Drinking and Sexuality: General
Population Survey, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, 1989 (AC89)
1,059 questionnaires from adults (aged 18-50) using a combined telephone
and mail method.
Marin County Alcoholics Anonymous
Survey, 1989 (AA89)
During the summer of 1989, fifty Alcoholics Anonymous meetings were
attended throughout Marin County. Ethnographic methods were employed.
Fifteen in-depth personal interviews were also conducted with members
ranging in sobriety from 2 months to 39 years.
Health & Human Services Providers
Survey, 1992 (PROV)
Survey of 457 health and human services providers in Contra Costa
County, including those in organizations, i.e., the criminal justice
system, and in solo practice who provide health care services, alcohol
and drug treatment, mental health treatment, and social welfare
services.
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CLIENT POPULATION STUDIES
Contra Costa County Alcohol Treatment
Clients, 1984 (T84)
785 interviews with clients in 14 publicly-funded alcohol treatment
programs in Contra Costa County.
San Francisco General Hospital
Emergency Room Study, 1984/85 (ES85)
1,896 interviews with breathanalysis of patients at San Francisco
General Hospital Emergency room on alcohol and events.
Contra Costa County Emergency Room
Study, 1985 (EC85)
2,626 interviews with breathanalysis of patients in 4 Contra Costa
County hospital emergency rooms.
Contra Costa County Coroner's
Abstracts, 1987 (AUT)
304 abstracts of patients who died of un-natural causes in Contra Costa
County between Dec. 1986 and Dec. 1987.
Contra Costa County Casualty Study,
1987 (EC87)
Interviews, using breathanalysers, with 1,124 casualty patients in the
emergency room of the County hospital in Contra Costa County.
Contra Costa County Kaiser Hospitals
Emergency Room Study, 1989 (K89)
1,102 interviews with breathanalysis of patients in 3 Kaiser hospital
emergency rooms.
Contra Costa County Mental Health
Clients Study, 1985/86 (M86)
408 interviews with clients of the Contra Costa County public mental
health system.
Contra Costa County Primary Care Clinic
Clients Study, 1988 (P88)
Interviews with 394 clients of five public health clinics.
Contra Costa County Drug Treatment
Clients Study, 1987(D87)
Interviews with 307 clients of the Contra Costa County public drug
treatment system.
Contra Costa County Dimensions of
Dependence Clients Study, 1987 (T87)
Interviews with 383 clients of publicly funded alcohol treatment
programs.
Contra Costa County Welfare Applicants
Study, 1989 (W89)
Interviews with 819 applicants for General Assistance or Aid to Families
with Dependent Children.
Contra Costa County Criminal Justice
Clients Study, 1989 (J89)
Interviews with about 1,147 arrestees being booked at the County's main
detention facility.
Contra Costa County Alcoholics
Anonymous Member Survey, 1989 (AA89)
352 self-administered questionnaires from members at a probability
sample of meetings in the county.
Kaiser Urgent Care Study, 1992 (K92)
Data collection on 314 patients seen in 4 locations in Contra Costa
County.
University of Mississippi Medical
Center Emergency Room Study, 1992 (UMER)
Data collection on 1330 patients seen in the ER.
Hinds County, Mississippi Coroner
Abstract, 1993 (AU92)
Data abstract on 222 fatality cases deceased of un-natural causes
between Feb. 1992 and Feb. 1993.
Santa Clara Dimensions of Dependence
Client Study, 1993/94 (SC93)
Interviews with 259 white, 269 black and 221 Hispanic clients of
publicly funded alcohol treatment programs conducted between June 1993
and May 1994.
Contra Costa County Study of Treatment
Entry, Trajectories, 1995–2001 (PP95/C95S/C95)/(PFU1)(FU1)(FU3)(FU5)
In-person interviews with 900 treatment clients at public, private and
HMO programs. Telephone interviews with a random sample of 12,000 people
in the general population. In-person interviews with 650 heavy drinkers
in the county. Follow-up interviews with 900 treatment clients and 650
heavy drinkers one, three, and five years after the first
interview.
Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center Study
(PC96)
A probability sample of 767 patients seen in the three sites of the
Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center in Jackson, MS.
Social Model Activity Checklist, 1996 (SMAC)
The SMAC was administered to 335 patients and residents of medical and
social model programs in California to assess the extent of peer helping
with which participants were involved during the past day at treatment.
Determining Effective Educational Resources,
1997/98 (DEER)
The Baseline DEER instrument was administered to over 150 pregnant
African American women, 90 pregnant Native American women, and 30
pregnant white women from urban centers in California between July 1997
and June 1998. Third trimester follow-up interviews were completed with
a subset of women who had been interviewed early in their pregnancy.
The Social Model Philosophy Scale, 1998 (SMPS)
Administered at 373 of the 455 licensed residential substance abuse
programs in the state of California (82% response rate for this mailed
survey).
The Social/Medical Model Addiction Recovery
Trial, SMMART, 1998/99 (SMMRT)
Baseline and follow-up data on 300 subjects randomly assigned to attend
3 weeks of day treatment at a hospital-based medical model program or 6
weeks of day treatment at a community-based social model program.
Santa Clara DMV DUI Data, 1995-1997
(DUI95)
DMV recores for all 16,950 arrested for a DUI offense in Santa Clary
County, California, from 1995 to 1997.
Santa Clara Drinking Driver Dataset,
1997 (DUI97)
Interviews with 250 whites and 250 Hispanics including oversamples of
multiple DUI offenders.
Emergency Room Studies:
Mexico City Emergency Room, 1986 (EMEDX:)
Interviews with breathanalysis of 2,197 patients in 8 ERs. Sampling done
on a 24-hour basis.
Spain Emergency Room, 1987 (ESPN)
Interviews with breathanalysis of 2,626 paitnets in 1 emergency room
only, with sampling done on a 24-hour basis.
Italy Emergency Room, 1989 (EI90)
Interviews with breathanalysis of 475 patients. Sampling done during the
day of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and during the evening of
Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Pachuca, Mexico Emergency Rooms, 1996
(Pachuca)
Interviews with breathanalysis of 1,511 patients in 3 emergency rooms,
with sampling done on a 24-hour basis.
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Emergency
Room Study, 1995 (SCER)
1429 interviews with breathanalysis of patients in Santa Clara Valley
emergency rooms.
Social Network Project, 1999–2002
(SNP)
pending
Public Sector Managed
Care: Project Impact, 1998–2003 (IMP)
Comparison of managed care system of
Santa Clara County with Sacramento and San Bernardino Counties, which
lack such managed care; n=720.
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COLLEGE STUDIES
Berkeley and Davis Student Purchasing
Study, 1979 (BD79)
Mail questionnaire on alcohol drinking practices and purchasing patterns
sent to University students as part of a study of the end of campus
"dry zones." (Berkeley n=572, Davis n=763) (CARRF 2.3/322A)
Berkeley and Davis Student Purchasing
Study, 1981 (BD81)
Mail questionnaires, replicating the 1979 survey. (Berkeley n=573, Davis
n=913) (CARRF 2.3/322B)
Multi-campus Student Drinking Survey,
1984-1985 (MC85)
Mail questionnaire (n=2,715) on drinking attitudes, practices and
problems, filled-out by students from nine western U.S. college
campuses, 1984/85. (Includes 812 from Berkeley and 546 from Davis.)
Berkeley Student Survey, 1989 (B89)
Mail questionnaire on drinking and sexual attitudes and practices
(n=878).
Berkeley Student Diary Survey,
1989-1990
A subsample of 154 students in the Berkeley Student Survey, 1989, also
kept daily diaries for 3 one-week periods over the school year.
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NATIONAL
STUDIES
National 1, 1964/65 (N1)
2,746 interviews with probability sample of adults representative of
adults household population of the U.S., exclusive of Hawaii and Alaska.
Conducted in late 1964 and early 1965. (CARRF 2.1/13, 26pp.)
National 2, 1967 (N2)
1,359 reinterviews with subsample of respondents initially interviewed
in 1964-1965 national survey. Conducted March through October 1967.
(CARRF 2.1/14, 77pp.)
National 3, 1969 (N3)
978 interviews within a new probability sample of U.S. men aged 21-59;
completed late 1969. (CARRF 2.1/15, 46pp.)
National 4, 1973 (N4)
725 reinterviews with National III respondents. (CARRF 2.1/16, 26pp.)
National 5, 1974 (N5)
901 reinterviews with National II respondents. (CARRF 2.1/31, 14pp.)
National Youthful Drug Use Study,
1974-1975 (ND75)
Interviews with a national sample of 2,510 males aged 20-30. (CARRF
2.1/49)
National 6, 1979 (N6)
1,772 interviews on drinking practices and problems with a new
nationwide sample aged 18+. (CARRF 2.1/48)
National 7, 1984 (N7)
5,221 interviews on drinking practices and problems with a new
nationwide sample aged 18+. (1,941 Blacks, 1,453 Hispanics, and 1,821
others.)
National Warning Label Baseline Survey,
1989 (L89U)
2,006 telephone interviews during June/July, 1989, with a national adult
probability sample, concerning knowledge and attitude relevant to
alcohol warning labels and alcohol policies.
National 8, 1990 (N8M)
2,058 interviews on drinking practices and problems and on alcohol and
sexuality with a new nationwide sample aged 18+, and 1,110 interviews
with a supplementary youth sample aged 12-30.
National Warning Label Survey, 1990
(L90U)(L90C)
2,000 telephone interviews with a new national adult probability sample,
June/July 1990, studying the effects of alcohol warning labels, and
1,000 interviews with a comparison sample of adults in Ontario.
National 7 Follow-up Tracing Study,
1990
Short questionnaire collected by mail, phone or personal interview from
2,199 respondents to National 7 (1984) survey being traced for
follow-up.
National Warning Label Survey, 1991
(L91U)(L91C)
2,000 telephone interviews with a new national adult probability sample,
June/July 1991, studying the effects of alcohol warning labels, and
1,000 interviews with a comparison sample of adults in Ontario.
National Survey of Women for Sobriety
Members, 1991-1992 (WFS)
Members from all currently active groups of Women For Sobriety (125 WFS
groups) in the United States and Canada were surveyed. 822 surveys were
distributed and 600 were returned (response rate=73%).
National 7 Follow-up Study, 1992
(N7F)(N7FP)
2,247 interviews with a subsample of whites (n=804), Blacks (n=737), and
Hispanics (n=706) first interviewed in 1984, plus 583 additional
interviews with a sample of 177 white, 189 black and 217 Hispanic youth,
ages 18-25.
National 8 Follow-up Survey, 1992-1993
(N8YF)
A follow-up of the youth portion of N8. 91% of previous respondents
(n=1027) were reinterviewed. In addition, 261 family members of teens
(12-17) interviewed as part of the N8 main sample were also
reinterviewed.
National Warning Label Survey, 1993
(L93U)(L93C)(L93L)
2,000 telephone interviews with a new national adult probability sample,
June/July 1993, studying the effects of alcohol warning labels, and
1,000 interviews with a comparison sample of adults in Ontario. 1000 of
US sample is baseline for longitudinal study of young adults 18-40, 500
males, 500 females.
National Warning Label Survey, 1994
(L94U)(L94C)(L94L)
1,000 telephone interviews with a cross-sectional US national adult
probability sample with 1,000 interviews in a comparison sample of
Ontario adults. Longitudinal 1-year follow up of 1993 baseline sample of
500 men and 500 women, 18-40 in US.
National 9, 1995 (N9)
4,926 interviews on drinking practices and problems, with a new
nationwide sample aged 18+.
(1,644 Blacks, 1,656 Hispanics, 1,626 Others)
National Cross-Ethnic Couples Violence
Survey, 1995 (N9S)
Conducted jointly with National 9, above, and constituted by 1,635
interviews with couples in each of the following three ethnic groups:
whites (562), Blacks (363), Hispanics (536).
National 10, 1999–2000 (N10)
7,612 RDD CATI telephone interviews of age 18+ in 50 states, with Black, Hispanic, and small state oversamples.
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