versa. On this basis, we combined these into a paired items, pro-abstinence and pro-drinking. A person was coded as “pro-abstinence” if s/he either encouraged abstinence or discouraged drinking, or both. A person was coded as “pro-drinking” if s/he either encouraged drinking or discouraged abstinence, or both. The number of each type of network members was summed to produce a scale range 0-4. Someone could list four people all neutral about drinking, in which case they would get a count of 0 for both measures.
