I need to know from the most detailed and reliable data point
obtainable what the relationship is between parents who drink and how
it affects the likelihood of the children being drinkers as well.  I
would like to know statistical increases like at the age of 18 a male
who was raised in a home where the parents drank has a___________
percent chance of becoming a drinker over the same child raised in a
nondrinking house.

If you are going to copy and paste all whole bunch of data please try
to keep it relative to the subject question.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 19 Jul 2006 10:13 PDT

I assume you're asking about problem drinking that can readily lead to
alcoholism (there are very few households that are "nondrinking" in
the sense that no one ever has a drop of alcohol).

If you had some other sort of drinking in mind, please let me know by
posting a clarification.

Thanks.

pafalafa-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 19 Jul 2006 10:50 PDT

Gapgapgap,

Please download the following study.
http://www.phc.bris.ac.uk/phcdb/pubpdf/pubs/365.pdf

Take a look at table 1 on page 3.
"Alcohol consumption by adolescents of parents with and without
alcohol problems."

Does the information in this study answer your question or do you need
additional material?

Regards,
Bobbie7

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 20 Jul 2006 15:30 PDT

Gapgapgap,

Did you have a chance to check out the figures in the publication I provided?

http://www.phc.bris.ac.uk/phcdb/pubpdf/pubs/365.pdf
Take a look at table 1 on page 3.
"Alcohol consumption by adolescents of parents with and without
alcohol problems."

Bobbie7

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Clarification of Question by gapgapgap-ga on 21 Jul 2006 06:30 PDT

Hi Again, yes it was my intent to look at the rates where there was a
problem drinker in the house.

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Request for Question Clarification by cynthia-ga on 23 Jul 2006 17:31 PDT

gapgapgap,

Thanks for the clarification, but --did you look at the study that
bobbie7 provided above? It seems to be exactly what you asked for, and
she would like to know if you looked at it, and if so, does it answer
your question?

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 29 Jul 2006 15:15 PDT

Hello again Gapgapgap,

Please let me know if the information below be a satisfactory answer
to your question?

Sincerely, 
Bobbie7

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Alcohol consumption by adolescents of parents with and without 
alcohol problems
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                     Parental alcohol             No Parental               
                         problems                alcohol problems
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Usually drink 2
times a week 
or more                        22.8%                   16.5% 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Was a little drunk
In past 3 months                67.5                    61.2
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Was seriously drunk 
In past 3 months                44.0                    35.7 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Will drink in 
next 2 weeks                    54.1                    51.1 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Will get little 
bit drunk in
next 2 weeks                    36.0                    30.1 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Will get seriously
drunk in next 
2 weeks                         18.2                    11.1 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Usually drink 
with friends                    65.0                    58.7 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Usually drink 
with relatives                  59.2                    64.1 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Usually drink with
girlfriend/boyfriend            18.5                    14.5 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Usually drink alone              9.2                     5.1 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Drink to get a 
little bit drunk                30.5                    33.7 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Drink to get 
seriously drunk                 21.1                    12.0 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Drink to forget my problems     15.8                     6.4 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Drink because
like the taste                  32.6                    47.9 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.phc.bris.ac.uk/phcdb/pubpdf/pubs/365.pdf

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Clarification of Question by gapgapgap-ga on 02 Aug 2006 12:11 PDT

That is what I wanted. Thanks again for the answer.

Hello again Gapgapgap,

Thank you for letting me know that I found the correct information for you.

I am reposting the material below for your convenience.

Sincerely, 
Bobbie7

-----------------------------------------------------------------
Alcohol consumption by adolescents of parents with and without 
alcohol problems
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                     Parental alcohol             No Parental               
                         problems                alcohol problems
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Usually drink 2
times a week 
or more                        22.8%                   16.5% 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Was a little drunk
In past 3 months                67.5                    61.2
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Was seriously drunk 
In past 3 months                44.0                    35.7 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Will drink in 
next 2 weeks                    54.1                    51.1 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Will get little 
bit drunk in
next 2 weeks                    36.0                    30.1 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Will get seriously
drunk in next 
2 weeks                         18.2                    11.1 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Usually drink 
with friends                    65.0                    58.7 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Usually drink 
with relatives                  59.2                    64.1 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Usually drink with
girlfriend/boyfriend            18.5                    14.5 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Usually drink alone              9.2                     5.1 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Drink to get a 
little bit drunk                30.5                    33.7 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Drink to get 
seriously drunk                 21.1                    12.0 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Drink to forget my problems     15.8                     6.4 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Drink because
like the taste                  32.6                    47.9 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.phc.bris.ac.uk/phcdb/pubpdf/pubs/365.pdf

I don't know a lot of drinkers (3, actually) but do know quite a few
dry alcoholics. Every one of them say one or both of their parents
drank to excess. This is not to say there is a 100% chance of
offspring of drinkers being drinkers 'cuz I have a terrific friend
won't touch the stuff (neither will her siblings) and her father was
an alcoholic much of his life. Finally, and old school chum is a
raging alcoholic and his parents never drank, though his maternal
grandfather died of alcoholism some 25 years before his birth. The
other two drinkers are both children of drinkers.

My parents were heavy drinkers. I saw my mother hugging the toilet so
often, it turned me completely off of alcohol. I have had, perhaps 6
alcoholic drinks in my lifetime, and I'm 53 now. I detest being around
drunks.

two brothers both were alcoholics..3 children in each family..the kids
in one are all alcoholics, the kids in the other are almost teetotal
or non-drinkers.
I think the mother or other parent plays a factor too....as if both
drink, then maybe its in the genes...

In this case one mother teetotal, and other society drinker..who gave
up as she aged.

Its more in the genes of the person than the environment in my
opinion...and experience
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