This section on alcohol use (ALQYTH) focuses on lifetime and current use (past 12 months). Questions are not specific to type of alcohol used.
Only data from participants aged 12-19 years old are included in this file. Mentally impaired individuals or participants who were unable to understand English or Spanish were not asked these questions. The data files, for participants 20 years and older, are publicly available through the NHANES website.
The Alcohol questionnaire was administered to survey participants 12-19 years old, during the physical examination at the examination center, in a private room, using the Audio Computer Assisted Self Interview (ACASI) system. The ACASI was conducted in either English or Spanish. The ACASI enables respondents to hear questions through earphones as well as read questions on the computer screen. Respondents move at their own speed and touch the screen to indicate their response. No proxy respondents or translators were used in situations when the respondents could not self-report.
For details on the QA/QC process for this component, please refer to the MEC Interview Manual on the NHANES website.
The data were edited for completeness, consistency, and illogical values.
Please refer to the NHANES Analytic Guidelines and the on-line NHANES Tutorial for further details on the use of sample weights and other analytic issues. Both of these are available on the NHANES website.
This special use data file, for participants 12-19 years, is available through the NCHS Research Data Center (RDC).
Code or Value | Value Description | Count | Cumulative | Skip to Item |
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1 | I have never had a drink of alcohol, other than a few sips | 570 | 570 | End of Section |
2 | 8 years old or younger | 30 | 600 | |
3 | 9 or 10 years old | 28 | 628 | |
4 | 11 or 12 years old | 53 | 681 | |
5 | 13 or 14 years old | 144 | 825 | |
6 | 15 or 16 years old | 172 | 997 | |
7 | 17 years old or older | 84 | 1081 | |
77 | Refused | 15 | 1096 | |
99 | Don't know | 6 | 1102 | |
. | Missing | 108 | 1210 |
Code or Value | Value Description | Count | Cumulative | Skip to Item |
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1 | 0 days | 0 | 0 | End of Section |
2 | 1 or 2 days | 173 | 173 | |
3 | 3 to 9 days | 96 | 269 | |
4 | 10 to 19 days | 64 | 333 | |
5 | 20 to 39 days | 66 | 399 | |
6 | 40 to 99 days | 61 | 460 | |
7 | 100 or more days | 47 | 507 | |
77 | Refused | 14 | 521 | |
99 | Don't know | 11 | 532 | |
. | Missing | 678 | 1210 |
Code or Value | Value Description | Count | Cumulative | Skip to Item |
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1 | 0 days | 258 | 258 | End of Section |
2 | 1 or 2 days | 167 | 425 | |
3 | 3 to 5 days | 47 | 472 | |
4 | 6 to 9 days | 31 | 503 | |
5 | 10 to 19 days | 22 | 525 | |
6 | 20 to 29 days | 1 | 526 | |
7 | All 30 days | 0 | 526 | |
77 | Refused | 2 | 528 | |
99 | Don't know | 4 | 532 | |
. | Missing | 678 | 1210 |
Code or Value | Value Description | Count | Cumulative | Skip to Item |
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1 | 0 days | 146 | 146 | |
2 | 1 day | 51 | 197 | |
3 | 2 days | 32 | 229 | |
4 | 3 to 5 days | 23 | 252 | |
5 | 6 to 9 days | 13 | 265 | |
6 | 10 to 19 days | 6 | 271 | |
7 | 20 or more days | 0 | 271 | |
77 | Refused | 1 | 272 | |
99 | Don't know | 2 | 274 | |
. | Missing | 936 | 1210 |