Table 1.
Abuse |
Dependence |
Abuse or dependence |
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Group | Prev- alence |
χ2 | df | pb | Prev- lence |
χ2 | df | pb | Prev- lence |
χ2 | df | pb |
Alcohol use disorderc | ||||||||||||
Overall prevalence | 11.3 | 7.4 | 18.7 | |||||||||
Full-time college students | 12.5 | 8.9 | 3 | .031 | 8.1 | 41.5 | 3 | <.001 | 20.6 | 41.5 | 3 | <.001 |
Part-time college students | 9.9 | 4.9 | 14.8 | |||||||||
Noncollege students | 9.1 | 3.1 | 12.2 | |||||||||
Nonstudents | 11.0 | 8.2 | 19.2 | |||||||||
Any drug use disorderd | ||||||||||||
Overall prevalence | 2.9 | 6.1 | 9.0 | |||||||||
Full-time college students | 2.3 | 9.8 | 3 | .021 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 3 | ns | 7.9 | 10.3 | 3 | .017 |
Part-time college students | 2.2 | 5.8 | 8.1 | |||||||||
Noncollege students | 3.4 | 5.0 | 8.5 | |||||||||
Nonstudents | 3.5 | 6.8 | 10.2 |
Unweighted sample of 11,333; four respondents with unknown educational status were not included in the analysis. All prevalence rates are weighted estimates.
Because sample sizes were large, p values less than .01 were considered significant.
Sample sizes were 1,334 for abuse, 877 for dependence, and 2,211 for abuse or dependence.
Sample sizes were 350 for abuse, 702 for dependence, and 1,052 for abuse or dependence.