Impact of Alcohol Tax Increase on Maryland College Students' Alcohol-Related Outcomes.
Subst Use Misuse
; 53(6): 1015-1020, 2018 05 12.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
This study A) assessed whether levels of alcohol-related disciplinary actions on college campuses changed among MD college students after the 2011 Maryland (MD) state alcohol tax increase from 6% to 9%, and B) determined which school-level factors impacted the magnitude of changes detected.METHOD:
A quasi-experimental interrupted time series (ITS) analysis of panel data containing alcohol-related disciplinary actions on 33 MD college campuses in years 2006-2013. Negative binomial regression models were used to examine whether there was a statistically significant difference in counts of alcohol-related disciplinary actions comparing time before and after the tax increase.RESULTS:
The ITS anaysis showed an insignificant relationship between alcohol-related disciplinary actions and tax implementation (ß = -.27; p =.257) but indicated that alcohol-related disciplinary actions decreased significantly over the time under study (ß = -.05; p =.022).DISCUSSION:
Alcohol related disciplinary actions did decrease over time in the years of study, and this relationship was correlated with several school-level characteristics, including school price, school funding type, types of degrees awarded, and specialty. School price may serve as a proxy mediator or confounder of the effect of time on disciplinary actions.Palavras-chave
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Universidades
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Consumo de Álcool na Faculdade
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2018
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