This statistic shows the results of a survey among adult Americans on their drinking habits in 2013. Respondents were asked if they drink on occasion or live abstinent. In 2013, 60 percent of the respondents report to occasionally consume alcoholic beverages.
Do you occasionally consume alcoholic beverages such as liquor, wine or beer, or are you a total abstainer?
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Gallup. (August 1, 2013). Do you occasionally consume alcoholic beverages such as liquor, wine or beer, or are you a total abstainer? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/239622/total-abstainer-or-occasion-to-use-alcoholic-beverages-drinkign-habits-in-the-us/
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Gallup. (2013). Do you occasionally consume alcoholic beverages such as liquor, wine or beer, or are you a total abstainer? . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/239622/total-abstainer-or-occasion-to-use-alcoholic-beverages-drinkign-habits-in-the-us/
Gallup. "Do You Occasionally Consume Alcoholic Beverages Such as Liquor, Wine or Beer, or Are You a Total Abstainer? ." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Aug 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/239622/total-abstainer-or-occasion-to-use-alcoholic-beverages-drinkign-habits-in-the-us/
Gallup, Do you occasionally consume alcoholic beverages such as liquor, wine or beer, or are you a total abstainer? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/239622/total-abstainer-or-occasion-to-use-alcoholic-beverages-drinkign-habits-in-the-us/ (last visited June 01, 2024)
Do you occasionally consume alcoholic beverages such as liquor, wine or beer, or are you a total abstainer? [Graph], Gallup, August 1, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/239622/total-abstainer-or-occasion-to-use-alcoholic-beverages-drinkign-habits-in-the-us/