Do young adults think the benefits of not drinking outweigh drinking?
81%
81% of 18 to 24-year-olds believed the benefits of not drinking outweighed the benefits of drinking.
n = 3,898 US respondents aged 18–24 · Fielded October 2021 · Cherry Data Signals
What it means
22% of those choosing sobriety often felt shy about telling others they did not drink.
Methodology
- Sample
- 3,898
- Population
- US respondents aged 18–24
- Country
- United States
- Fielded
- October 2021
- Research by
- Cherry Data Signals
- Commissioned by
- RecoveryFirst.org (American Addiction Centers)
- Study
- Generation Sober: Young Adults and Alcohol
Cite this statistic
Cherry Data Signals (October 2021). "Do young adults think the benefits of not drinking outweigh drinking?" Survey of 3,898 US respondents aged 18–24, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/do-young-adults-think-not-drinking-beats-drinking
Free to reproduce with attribution to Cherry Data Signals and a link to this page.
This survey was commissioned by RecoveryFirst.org (American Addiction Centers). If you feature RecoveryFirst.org (American Addiction Centers), please cite Cherry Data Signals as the survey platform.
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