IPUMS NHIS: descr: ALCEVAMT

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ALCEVAMT

How many drinks on days drank

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Code	Label	88
99	NIU	X
00	Less than one	X
01	1	X
02	2	X
03	3	X
04	4	X
05	5	X
06	6	X
07	7	X
08	8	X
09	9	X
10	10	X
11	11	X
12	12	X
13	13	X
14	14	X
15	15	X
16	16	X
17	17	X
18	18	X
19	19	X
20	20	X
21	21	X
22	22	X
23	23	X
Code	Label	88
24	24	X
25	25	X
26	26	X
27	27	X
28	28	X
30	30	X
31	31	X
32	32	X
34	34	X
35	35	X
36	36	X
38	38	X
40	40	X
42	42	X
43	43	X
45	45	X
48	48	X
49	49	X
50	50	X
58	58	X
59	59	X
60	60	X
62	62	X
63	63	X
64	64	X
Code	Label	88
68	68	X
72	72	X
74	74	X
75	75	X
76	76	X
80	80	X
90	90	X
95	95+ drinks	X
98	Unknown - don't know/refused	X

Description

For sample persons ages 18 and older who have had twelve drinks in any year of their life, ALCEVAMT reports the average number of drinks the person consumed on the days they drank during the time of their life when they drank the most. ALCEVAMT should be paired with MOSTFREQTP, which reports the time period with which the person reported how frequently he or she drank when he or she drank the most, and MOSTFREQNO, which reports the number associated with the time period for how frequently the person drank when he or she drank the most.

This question is part of the 1988 Alcohol supplement. Please use drop down menus for related variables.

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b. On these days, about how many drinks did you have a day?

Drinks ____
99[] DK

b. On those days, about how many drinks did you have a day?

00[] None
Drinks ____
99[] DK

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