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//Do teenagers who live in Rural areas drink less than teenagers who live in Suburban areas?//
 * __TEENAGE DRINKING IN RURAL AREAS VS. TEENAGE DRINKING IN SUBURBS__**
 * __HYPOTHESIS__: I hypothesize that teenagers who lived in Rural areas in Canada drank less alcohol than teenagers who lived in Suburban neighbourhoods in Canada in 2008.**


 * __VARIABLES:__**
 * Dependent** ~ Area of Residency that Teenagers lived in Canada in 2008 (Rural or Suburb)
 * Independent** ~ Alcohol Consumed by Teenagers in Canada in 2008


 * __SAMPLING TECHNIQUE:__**
 * Stratified Sampling** ~ Statistics Canada has studied Canadians and has categorized them by gender and intervals of age.

Non-Response Bias** ~ All Canadians who may have been meant to be participants in Statistics Canada's Studies on Heavy Drinking may not have responded to these studies at all.
 * __BIAS:__
 * Response Bias** ~ Since a portion of the participants in the Heavy Drinking study in Canada were Teenagers, some teens may not have responded honestly, since it's illegal to drink under the age of 19.


 * __ANALYSIS__**:
 * One-Variable** ~ It would make sense to have an Analysis on the amount of alcohol consumed by Teenagers in Canada in 2008, in order to see how involved teenagers actually were in the consumption of alcohol and the participation of heavy drinking.
 * Two-Variable** ~ Correlating the two variables compares the residential area (Rural or Suburban) that a Teenager lived in Canada in 2008 with the amount of alcohol that the Teenagers consume.


 * __DATA__:**
 * This article was done by Statistics Canada, using information that was collected by the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS).**
 * //Quote on Healthy Drinking://** "In 2008, 24% of men and10% of women reported heavy drinking, defined as having five or more drinks per occasion at least 12 times a year ... more common among men than women in every province and territory and in every age group. The single exception was the age group 12 to 15, in which there was no significant difference between sexes. The groups most likely to report heavy drinking were men aged 18 to 19 (44%) and 20 to 34 (39%). **//In rural areas, 18% of the populatrion engaged in heavy drinking, compared with 17% in urban areas//**."

In 2008, 24.1% of men and 9.6% of women reported heavy drinking. A higher proportion of men than women in every province and territory and in every age group, reported heavy drinking, with the exception of 12 to 15-year-olds among whom there was no significant difference between the sexes. Men aged 18 to 19 (44.4%) and 20 to 34 (39.1%) were the most likely to report heavy drinking. The heavy drinking rate was 15.5% in both Ontario and British Columbia, the only provinces where the rate was significantly below the national average of 16.7%. Rates in Prince Edward Island, Quebec and Alberta were about the same as the Canadian rate, and rates in all other provinces and territories were significantly higher. The percentage who had had at least one alcoholic drink in the past year remained steady between 2001 and 2008 in the 16- to 24-year-old age range. From 2001 to 2008, the percentage of 12- to 15-year-olds who had had at least one alcoholic drink in the past year declined from 30.2% to 24.6%.
 * This article on Heavy Drinking was done by Statistics Canada. Refernces in this article are "Alcohol and Drug Use in Early Adolesence" by Haans T. Hotton (2004), "Alcohol and Illicit Drug Dependence" by M. Tjepkema (2004), "Moderate Alcohol Consumption and Heart Disease" by K. Wilkins (2002), and "Passengers of Intoxicated Drivers" by CE Perez (2005).**
 * //Quote from the Fact Sheet on Heavy Drinking://** "Heavy drinking refers to having consumed five or more drinks per occasion, at least 12 times a year. This level of alcohol consumption can have serious health and social consequences, especially when combined with other behaviours such as driving while intoxicated.
 * //In rural areas 18.0% of the population engaged in heavy drinking, significantly above the rate of 16.5% in urban areas//**.