Table 2:
Outcome and covariate distributions among sample women in MTF follow-up surveys, 1989–2016, dichotomized by structural sexism level
| Low sexism* (N=35,732 observations) N (%) (categorical) Mean (S.D.) (continuous) |
High sexism* (N=35,749 observations) N (%) (categorical) Mean (S.D.) (continuous) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol outcomes | |||
| Reported any alcohol consumption (dichotomous) | 24,609 (69%) | 23,388 (65%) | <0.001 |
| Reported any binge drinking (dichotomous) | 9,761 (27%) | 10,363 (29%) | <0.001 |
| Occupational characteristics | |||
| Currently employed | 29,173 (82%) | 27,823 (78%) | <0.001 |
| • One full-time job, or multiple jobs | 22,915 (64.1%) | 18,525 (51.8%) | <0.001 |
| • One part-time job | 6,258 (17.5%) | 9,298 (26.0%) | |
| In the labor force | 33,071 (93%) | 33,933 (95%) | <0.001 |
| • Managerial/professional occupation | 14,216 (47%) | 7,960 (29%) | <0.001 |
| • High prestige occupation | 15,857 (55%) | 9,160 (33%) | <0.001 |
| • Majority-men occupations | 3,522 (12.3%) | 2,743 (9.9%) | <0.001 |
| State-level covariates | |||
| Percentage of residents who are | 18.0 (0.1) | 16.9 (0.1) | <0.001 |
| religious conservatives | |||
| Poverty rate | 13.5 (2.9) | 12.7 (3.2) | <0.001 |
| Population density | 207.4 (230.0) | 186.7 (212.0) | <0.001 |
| Alcohol policy climate scale | 42.6 (7.3) | 38.5 (9.3) | <0.001 |
| GINI coefficient | 0.61 (0.04) | 0.58 (0.03) | <0.001 |
| Individual-level covariates | |||
| Father has college degree | 14,011 (39%) | 12,994 (36%) | <0.001 |
| Rural | 14,147 (40%) | 14,620 (41%) | <0.001 |
| Rural at baseline | 19,136 (54%) | 18,843 (53%) | <0.001 |
| White | 29,461 (82%) | 29,229 (82%) | 0.074 |
| Married | 15,417 (43%) | 9,608 (27%) | <0.001 |
| More than 5 years of college education | 9,365 (26%) | 4,090 (11%) | <0.001 |
| Religious | 20,709 (58%) | 23,037 (64%) | <0.00 |
| Religious at baseline | 21,968 (61%) | 22,007 (62%) | 0.818 |
| Any alcohol consumption at baseline | 17,754 (50%) | 18,966 (50%) | <0.001 |
| Any binge drinking at baseline | 9,243 (26%) | 9,330 (26%) | 0.604 |
For descriptive statistics, high structural sexism refers to states with at or above median level; low structural sexism refers to states below median level