Table 3.

Likelihood of using alcohol treatment services among young adults ages 18 to 22 who met criteria for alcohol use disorders in the past year^a

		Logistic regression model
	Prevalence of service use (%)	Unadjusted		Adjustedb
Variable		OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
College enrollment
Full-time college students	3.9	1.00		1.00
Part-time college students	7.4	1.95	.67–5.68	2.52	.83–7.66
Noncollege students	9.8	2.67	1.23–5.78*	2.87	1.17–7.01*
Nonstudents	5.6	1.46	.90–2.37	1.67	.99–2.84
Age in years
18–20	6.5	1.00		1.00
21–22	3.8	.57	.36–.89*	.51	.31–.82**
Gender
Male	5.4	1.05	.66–1.67	1.02	.63–1.64
Female	5.2	1.00		1.00
Race or ethnicity
Non-Hispanic black	2.8	.47	.17–1.33	.41	.14–1.20
Hispanic	4.3	.73	.36–1.49	.60	.29–1.24
Other	4.4	.75	.28–1.99	.81	.30–2.23
White	5.8	1.00		1.00
Marital status
Never been married	5.4	1.88	.61–5.82	1.92	.58–6.38
Ever married	3.0	1.00		1.00
Employment status
Unemployed or laid off	7.3	1.51	.75–3.03	1.18	.59–2.37
Other	5.6	1.15	.64–2.06	1.20	.62–2.32
Employed	4.9	1.00		1.00
Total family income
<$20,000	5.1	1.00		1.00
$20,000–$39,999	4.9	.97	.51–1.85	.89	.46–1.72
$40,000–$74,999	7.4	1.51	.83–2.75	1.20	.65–2.19
$75,000 and higher	3.6	.70	.31–1.58	.52	.23–1.20
Population density
Large metro areas	5.4	.98	.55–1.75	.96	.52–1.77
Small metro areas	5.2	.94	.55–1.61	.96	.54–1.70
Nonmetro areas	5.5	1.00		1.00
Years since onset of alcohol use
1–2	4.5	1.00		1.00
3–4	4.7	1.05	.48–2.30	1.10	.49–2.43
≥5	5.7	1.29	.65–2.55	1.44	.68–3.04
Past-year drug use
Use without a diagnosis	3.9	1.03	.52–2.04	.86	.42–1.76
Abuse	4.6	1.23	.53–2.87	.92	.35–2.41
Dependence	12.1	3.50	1.83–6.68***	2.57	1.30–5.08**
No use	3.8	1.00		1.00
Alcohol-related diagnosis
Dependence	7.7	2.18	1.39–3.40***	2.18	1.42–3.35***
Abuse	3.7	1.00		1.00

^aUnweighted sample of 2,211

^bIncludes all the variables listed in the first column

^*p≤.05

^**p≤.01

^***p≤.001