Underage Drinking: Article Analysis

Name: Eric Hamilton

Article citation:
Song, Eun-Young, et al. "Selected Community Characteristics and Underage Drinking." Substance use & misuse 44.2 (2009): 179-94. ProQuest. Web. 27 Oct. 2015.

Describe the main point(s) of this article.
-Affect community has on underage drinking
-How often kids who were surveyed drank in a 30 day period
-How household income impacts drinking
Primary purpose of the article:
The primary purpose of this article is to show how things that makeup a community can lead to underage drinking. It’s attempting to find a definitive cause for underage drinking in kids between the ages of 14 and 20.
Main findings/conclusion:
The study found that those who had stronger family ties were far less likely to consume alcohol

The researchers surveyed a group of kids between the ages of 14 and 20 about their drinking habits over the past 30 days. They asked them a series of questions in order to obtain the information they would need to complete the study. They too the information that was collected and put into easy to read charts and graphs to better illustrate their findings.

Describe how this article contributes to your understanding of the criminal or antisocial behavior described in Phase I.
This report explains and gives a very good perspective on my underage drinking that I described in phase 1. The guys that I was drinking with were predominantly white and from at least middle class background. Which according to the study make the group that I chose to associate with more likely to be a part of underage drinking and more specifically binge drinking.

How do the findings of this article relate to the other articles you read?
The article is very much like my other articles in that it offers another view of how often and why children underage drink. It is like my second article in how the community that someone finds themselves in has a direct affect on how often the partake in illegal alcohol

They also decided that no matter the parents feelings on drinking kids are just as likely to participate in drinking no matter their parent’s opinion.
Basic Description of the methods used in this article.
The researchers conducted a CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Survey) in order to obtain their information from the study group. They covered the area of Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. The surveyors were able to obtain over a thousand responses from people who were willing to complete the telephone questionnaire. They were asked to answer a bank of questions from which they were able to glean the data that was used in the test.

Describe how this article contributes to your understanding of the criminal or antisocial behavior described in Phase I.
It directly parallels my experience with underage drinking; because my parents or the parents of my friends were not okay with us drinking underage. This is proof that no matter a parents opinion of whether a child should participant they will do whatever personally suits