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November 26, 2009, Thursday
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STUDENTS in co-ed college accommodation are more likely to binge drink and have more sex, according to a United States study that may confirm parents' worries.
A survey of more than 500 students at five universities in the US found that students living in co-ed housing were 2.5 times more likely than those in all-male or all-female dorms to admit to binge-drinking on a weekly basis.
They were also more than twice as likely to say they'd had at least three sex partners in the past year.
The findings, published in the Journal of American College Health, may not surprise many college students.
"A lot of the reaction we've been getting from students is, 'Well, we've known that'," said researcher Brian Willoughby, who conducted the study while at the University of Minnesota in St Paul.
Willoughby said that the findings should make more universities, researchers and parents aware of the issue.
He said 90 percent of university housing in the US is now co-ed - part of a larger move away from the traditional notion that colleges should act as stand-ins for parents and enforce rules on students' social behavior.
"This transition to co-ed housing has happened without an evaluation of its effects," Willoughby said.
In the study, Willoughby and colleague Jason Carroll found that more than 41 percent of students in co-ed housing said they binged on a weekly basis compared to less than 18 percent of those in single-sex dorms.
While 63 percent of students in single-sex housing said they'd had no sexual partners in the past year, this was true of only 44 percent of students in co-ed dorms.
A survey of more than 500 students at five universities in the US found that students living in co-ed housing were 2.5 times more likely than those in all-male or all-female dorms to admit to binge-drinking on a weekly basis.
They were also more than twice as likely to say they'd had at least three sex partners in the past year.
The findings, published in the Journal of American College Health, may not surprise many college students.
"A lot of the reaction we've been getting from students is, 'Well, we've known that'," said researcher Brian Willoughby, who conducted the study while at the University of Minnesota in St Paul.
Willoughby said that the findings should make more universities, researchers and parents aware of the issue.
He said 90 percent of university housing in the US is now co-ed - part of a larger move away from the traditional notion that colleges should act as stand-ins for parents and enforce rules on students' social behavior.
"This transition to co-ed housing has happened without an evaluation of its effects," Willoughby said.
In the study, Willoughby and colleague Jason Carroll found that more than 41 percent of students in co-ed housing said they binged on a weekly basis compared to less than 18 percent of those in single-sex dorms.
While 63 percent of students in single-sex housing said they'd had no sexual partners in the past year, this was true of only 44 percent of students in co-ed dorms.
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