Questionnaires were used as the data collection method and involved questions related to family income, parental educational level, years of college, ethnicity, alcoholism behaviours and gender among others. (50-100 words) The study noted that father’s educational level and the family background of alcoholism contributed up to 26% of variance in MPPUS while 25% of the variance was as a result of ACPAT scores. Other variables such as gender, year of college, family income, ethnicity, and mother’s educational level