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Author: Schulte, Becca
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1. Schulte, Becca
Li, Kaigang
Longitudinal Associations of Emerging Adults' Drinking Trajectories with Their Behavior, Health, Education and Work Outcomes 1, 4, and 9 Years Later
Drug and Alcohol Dependence 232 (1 March 2022): 109328.
Also: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376871622000655
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: Elsevier
Keyword(s): Alcohol Use; Modeling, Latent Class Analysis/Latent Transition Analysis; Transition, Adulthood

Background: To characterize emerging adults' drinking trajectories and their prospective association with later behavior, health, education, and work outcomes in later young adulthood.

Methods: This study used a selected cohort (N=1622) from rounds 3 - 10 (aged 18 - 25), 11 (aged 26), 14 (aged 29), and 17 (aged 34) of the US National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997. Latent class growth modeling was used to identify trajectories of drinking (days ≥1 drink in the last 30 days) during emerging adulthood (aged 18-25) using data from rounds 3-10. Multinomial and linear regressions compared identified trajectory classes to outcomes measured 1, 4, and 9 years later. Covariates included sex, race, and urbanicity.

Results: Six drinking trajectories were identified: Abstainers (28.42%), Moderate Increasers (24.78%), Light Experimenters (11.96%), Heavy Experimenters (9.86%), Escalators (17.26%), and Heavy Users (7.71%). Compared to abstainers, emerging adults in other classes had significantly (p<.05 to.001) higher odds of binge drinking, smoking, and marijuana use at later rounds. Compared to abstainers, escalators had significantly higher education and income later. No significant difference in physical or mental health was found.

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Schulte, Becca and Kaigang Li. "Longitudinal Associations of Emerging Adults' Drinking Trajectories with Their Behavior, Health, Education and Work Outcomes 1, 4, and 9 Years Later." Drug and Alcohol Dependence 232 (1 March 2022): 109328.