older simply because I know that many minors do drink and drive. In order to get a more representative sample, I decided not to survey at CSUSM but at the mall where my sample population would consist of people other than students. Before handing people the survey I asked them two simple questions: Are you a licensed driver? and Do you consume alcoholic beverages? To those that answered yes to both questions, I passed out the following survey: 1. Male or Female2. Age3. When you drink, on average, how many alcoholic beverages do you consume?Please use the following scale: 1 drink= 1.5 oz. Of 80-proof liquor1 drink= 1 beer1 drink= 5 oz. of wine4. How many beverages must you consume to feel 'drunk?'4. Do you drive after consuming alcoholic beverages (please be honest)?5. Would you drive after consuming: 1 drink?2 drinks?3 drinks?4 drinks?5 drinks?More than 5 drinks?6. Have you ever been convicted of DUI?ResultsUsing the information from my surveys, I have come to the conclusion that men are more likely to drive after consuming alcoholic beverages. Of the males surveyed, 84% said they would drive after consuming alcoholic beverages where 72% of females said theywould. The gap between these amounts changed significantly when the subjects responded to question 5. After two drinks, the percentage of men who said they would drive remained the same, the percentage of females declined-68% said they would drive. The number of men who said they would drive after consuming three alcoholic beverages declined by 4% where the number of females who said they would drive decreased to 64%. It is here that my data changed significantly. The number of men who said they would drive after consuming four alcoholic beverages decreased by 20% and the number of females who said they would drive after that many decreased by 32%. Finally, 12% of men said they would drive after 5 or more drinks where only 4% of women stated that they would drive.Of the f...
