In May 1997, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism sp
onsored an International Workshop on Consumption Measures and Models f
or Use in Policy Development and Evaluation in Bethesda, MD. This pape
r is based on the ''Cultural and Subgroup Issues in Measuring Consumpt
ion'' session chaired by Raul Caetano; discussants were Raul Caetano,
Salme Ahlstrom, Fe Caces, Paul Lemmens, Robin Room, Kathryn Graham, an
d Richard Wilsnack.