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Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1983rlFc.:!rsons Linder Correctional Supervision----~ .. ,'"Table 6.34 Drinking habits of State prison inmates and of persons 18 years of ageand older in the general population, by age and sex, United States, 1979 0I\OTE: See I\OTE, Table 6.30. "Three measures were used to assess inmates' drinkinghabits: (I) How often they drank during the year preceding their Incarceration. (2)How much they usually drank. (3) Their own assessment of their degree of Intoxicationwhen they finished drinking ("relatively sober," "feeling good," "pretty loaded," or"very drunk,")" (Source, p. I).To measure the amount of alcohol consumed, all alcoholic beverages wereconverted to their equivalent in pure alcohol (ethanol). One ounce of ethanol is equalto 2 cans of beer, I 1/2 glasses of wine, or 2 ounces of 80-proof liquor (Source, p. I).Percents may not add to totals due to rounding.(Percent)Average ouncesMaleFemaleof ethanol All ages Ages 18 to 34 All aaes Ages 18 to 34consumed eer da~ Inmates General Inmates General Inmates General I nmates General0.0 oz.b 17 250.0 I to 0.99 oz. 36 601.0 or more oz. 47 14aAges for the general populationare shown far 1979 (U.S. Department ofHealth and Human Services, NationalInstitute on Alcohol Abuse andAlcoholism, Alcohol and Health, 1981(Washington, D.C.: U.S. GovernmentPrinting Office, 1981». Ages for18354714 34 40 35 2569 44 56 42 7017 22 4 23 5inmates are shown for the time ofadmission to prison; 83 percent of theInmatts were admitted in 1976 or later.Did not drink during the yearprior to the current offense or, in thecase of the general population, the yearprior to interview.Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prisoners andN83~01, Bulletin NCJ-86223 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Deportment of Justice, January, p. I.IrI,I'I'Table 6.35 Drinking habits of State pljsoncharacteristics, United States, 1')7')inmates, by selected Table 6.35 Drinking habits of State prJson Inmates, by selectedcharacteristics, United States, I ')79 --ContinuedN)TE: See NOTE, Table 6.34. Detail may not add to totals due torounding. Numerical totals for a variable may not odd to the grandPercenttotal (274,564) due to non-response or to omission of one or more Light Very bcategories. Characteristic t-Mnber Abstalned b to heavyb heavyPercentCurrent offense;gblight Very b Violent 157,742 18 47 35CharacteristicNumber Abstained to heav~b heav~ Homicide 48,041 16 51 33Assault 17,216 14 41 45Total 274,564 18 45 36 Rope 16,460 10 48 41Robbery 68,324 22 44 34Degree of drunkenness:Other violent 7,701 15 49 36Very drunk 43,986 X 16 8A Property 85,562 18 43 40Pretty loaded 41,135 X 32 68 Burglary 49,223 16 41 43Feeling good 87,886 X 65 35 Forgery or fraud 11,505 22 46 32Relatively sober 50,708 X 92 8 Larceny 13,01!J 22 47 31Other property j I ,815 16 39 44Frequency of drinking:Drugs 19,420 24 41l 28Every day 89,801 X 35 65 Public order 10,982 17 46 37Nearly every day 14,357 X 50 503 or 4 days a week 26,886 X 60 40 bDrlnklng experience Is for the year prior to current offense.I or 2 days a week 59,884 X 70 30 Abstainers did not drink during the year prior to current3 or 4 days a month 12,234 X 77 24 offense. Light to heavy drinkers typically consumed less than 4About once a month 8,560 X 84 16 ounces of ethanol and very heavy drinkers consumed 4 or more ouncesLess than once a month 12,186 X 88 12 of ethanol at a typical drinking session during the year prior tocurrent offense.~ Includes Eskimos and Aleuts.Age at admission:Under 18 years 6,412 29 45 26 Asians and Pacific Islanders.18 to 25 )'ears 139,251 18 43 39 eTo minimize the effect of inflation upan income figures, only26 to 34 years 81,533 19 47 34 inmatTs admitted to prison after November 1977 are included.35 years and older 46,501 15 50 34 To minimize the effect of age upon comparisons of number ofprior convictions, only Inmates age 26 to 34 at time of admission areSex:included.Mole 263,484 17 45 37 gOffense for which an Inmate was Incarcerated.Female 1/ ,080 34 47 18Source: U.S. Deportment of Justice, Bureau of JusticeRace:Statistics, Prisoners and Alcohol, Bulletin NCJ-86223 (WashingtonWhite 136,296 13 37 SO D.C.: U.S. Deportment of Justice, January 1983), pp. 2, 3. 'Block 131,329 24 55 21Amerigan Indian c 5,440 II 25 64Other 1,49') 40 37 23Marital status:Married 61,420 20 47 33Widowed 6,248 18 52 30Divorced 46,314 14 43 43Separated 18,168 18 47 35Never married 142,414 19 45 36Ethnicity:HispanicNon-Hispanic25,816248,748181838464336Education at admission:Not high school graduate 196,047 18 44 38High school graduate 50,359 19 46 35Some college 28,158 19 56 25Income In year p.rlor tocurrent offense: eNone 2,211l 30 45 25~I to $9,999 84,014 16 45 4010,000 and over 41,779 17 47 36Employment in year priorto current offense:EmployedNot employed192,80081,005162347433734i!jr IIIItI ,Number of prior convictlons/None 13,925 III 56 25I 13,069 21 47 322 to 4 29,046 21 47 325 or more 25,493 18 40 42...580581