The definition of binge drinking in this study for men is six or more standard drinks on one occasion and for women four or more standard drinks on one occasion, where a standard drink is 12.5mls of pure alcohol, which is equivalent to one can or stubbie of beer, half a large bottle of beer, one small glass of wine or one double nip of …show more content…
The raw data results gave types of drinks consumed (e.g. a can of beer, a medium glass of wine) and how many of each was consumed at that time. This was transformed into the total number of standard drinks consumed in a typical occasion. This was done by converting each type of drink into amount of standard drinks they hold (1 standard drink is equivalent to 12.5ml of pure alcohol), then multiplying this number by how many were consumed of this type and then the total number of standard drinks for each participant was added up. For example one small wine and one cocktail would equate to two standard