“There have been increases in solitary drinking among young women, in particular, over the past 25 years. Solitary drinking, or sometimes drinking when they are alone, was reported by about 40% of young adults who drank in the past year.”

[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

40% of young adults who drank in the past year

Yeah—it looks like it’s a trend among drinkers, so it says nothing about the overall drinking rate.

[–] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

The number doesn't say that much. Obviously it's among drinkers, but I think the more interesting percentage would be people who only drink alone.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That's what I mean, wouldn't it being a different subset of users? Maybe these are the hardcore drinkers that already existed, but were overshadowed by the huge numbers of drinkers.

[–] dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago

or this could be young women having a glass of wine while cooking dinner?

[–] Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

Maybe drinking is down overall, but solo drinking is up? (So social drinking is down)