Table 4.

Likelihood of perceived need for alcohol treatment among young adults ages 18 to 22 who met criteria for alcohol use disorders in the past year but did not receive any treatment^a

		Logistic regression model
	Prevalence of service use (%)	Unadjusted		Adjustedb
Variable		OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
College enrollment
Full-time college students	2.4	1.00		1.00
Part-time college students	.7	.30	.04–2.35	.22	.02–2.15
Noncollege students	2.9	1.24	.39–3.96	2.28	.64–8.12
Nonstudents	3.4	1.46	.65–3.27	1.06	.47–2.40
Age in years
18–20	1.8	1.00		1.00
21–22	4.1	2.34	1.26–4.37**	2.32	1.09–4.95*
Gender
Male	2.7	.88	.48–1.61	1.00	.49–2.03
Female	3.0	1.00		1.00
Race or ethnicity
Nonwhitec	3.1	1.13	.56–2.27	.91	.42–1.97
White	2.7	1.00		1.00
Marital status
Never been married	2.5	.31	.12–.83*	.35	.12–1.06
Ever married	7.8	1.00		1.00
Employment status
Unemployed	4.2	1.67	.67–4.14	1.47	.52–4.18
Other	3.1	1.21	.45–3.23	1.23	.40–3.79
Employed	2.6	1.00		1.00
Total family income
<$20,000	3.0	1.00		1.00
$20,000–$39,999	3.2	1.06	.47–2.39	1.09	.46–2.58
$40,000–$74,999	3.1	1.03	.43–2.48	.92	.36–2.37
$75,000 or higher	1.5	.49	.15–1.59	.58	.16–2.05
Population density
Large metro areas	3.3	1.22	.47–3.13	1.18	.40–3.45
Small metro areas	2.4	.87	.40–1.87	.64	.32–1.29
Nonmetro areas	2.8	1.00		1.00
Years since onset of alcohol use
1–2	1.4	1.00		1.00
3–4	2.1	1.54	.42–5.70	1.51	.39–5.86
≥5	3.3	2.54	.85–7.52	1.38	.43–4.39
Past year drug use
Use without a diagnosis	2.7	1.68	.51–5.47	2.00	.58–6.87
Abuse	1.3	.81	.16–3.99	1.08	.20–5.72
Dependence	6.1	3.89	1.21–12.50*	3.79	1.06–13.61*
No use	1.6	1.00		1.00
Alcohol diagnosis
Dependence	6.2	9.16	4.07–20.64***	8.74	3.56–21.43***
Abuse	.7	1.00		1.00

^aUnweighted sample of 2,092

^bIncludes all the variables listed in the first column

^cThe prevalence of perceived need for services was 0% for non-Hispanic black students, 4.4% for Hispanics, and 3.8% for others.

^*p≤.05

^**p≤.01

^***p≤.001