Study On Caffeine Consumption During College Students And...

Results Univariate Demographic Analyses This study on caffeine consumption was conducted as a survey given out to college students and an afterschool AP tutor class at Van Nuys High school. Of the respondents, there were an equal amount of males and females (see Table 1). In total 55% of the respondents were the high school students. The mean age was 18.28, 22 % of the respondents currently in college. College graduates constitute 11 % of the participants. There was only 1 repondent who has a high school graduate and was not currently in college. Also, there was only 1 participant who was currently in grad school. Table 1. Univariate Analysis of Demographic Variables, N=18. N % Sex Male Female 9 9 50 50 Age (mean in years) 18.28 Highest Level of Education Some High School High School Graduate Some College Trade/technical/vocational training College Graduate Some Post Graduate Work Post Graduate Degree 10 1 4 0 2 1 0 55.6 5.6 22 0.0 11.2 5.6 0.0 Univariate Research Analyses The amount of servings of caffeinated beverages consumed was one of the most interesting measure I was concerned about. The mean for the amount of servings of caffeinated beverages was 1.81 (seen in Table 2). Most participants had more than 1 serving and a half a day. A serving is measured as 1 cup or 8 fluid ounces. My research also asked how much the respondents agree or disagree that there were beneficial aspects of caffeine. With a scale of 4= strongly agree,