The CORE Alcohol and Other Drug Survey and the Campus Survey of Alcohol and Other Drug Norms were developed to measure alcohol and other drug usage, as well as attitudes and perceptions among college students attending two and four year institutions, nationwide. These surveys were administered to students at North Dakota State University in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2008 in an attempt to measure drinking and drug use behaviors, as well as students' perceptions of the norms surrounding alcohol use among students.
The 2008 CORE Alcohol and Other Drug Survey was administered in September/October of 2008.
All undergraduate students at NDSU had the opportunity to be included in this study through a stratified random sampling procedure, which included a total of 1271 students. Specifically, the CORE Alcohol and Other Drug Survey included 624 students (43.6% Male, 50.8% Female, 5.6% Unknown), and the Campus Norms Survey included 647 students (47.1% Male, 52.9% Female). Students were drawn from all ethnic backgrounds, all colleges, and all classes (e.g. freshman, sophomore, etc).
Major findings from the survey include:
The complete CORE Alcohol and Other Drug Survey Summary is available below:
2008 CORE Alcohol and Other Drug Survey Summary
The CORE Institute's Alcohol and Other Drug Survey assesses the
nature, scope
and consequences of alcohol and other drug use. CORE Institute is a
program of the Student Health Center at Southern Illinois
University Carbondale.
The Survey has been administered nationally every year since it
was first developed in 1989. The survey has been shown to have high
content validity, construct validity and test reliability. More
detailed information regarding the reliability and validity of the
survey instrument can be obtained from the
CORE Institute's website.