Table 1.
Participant Characteristics by Peak Alcohol Use
| Abstain (n = 170) | Moderate User (n = 73) | Heavy User (n = 83) | Total Sample (N = 326) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Age / Mean (SD) | 34.6 (8.4) | 35.1 (7.7) | 34.8 (7.6) | 34.8 (8.0) | ||||
| Education / Mean (SD)a | 12.4 (2.0) | 13.2 (1.9) | 12.5 (2.1) | 12.6 (2.0) | ||||
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| African American | 118 | 69.4 | 42 | 57.5 | 59 | 71.1 | 219 | 6.7 |
| Caucasian | 43 | 25.3 | 24 | 32.9 | 22 | 26.5 | 89 | 27.3 |
| Other | 9 | 5.3 | 7 | 9.6 | 2 | 2.4 | 18 | 5.5 |
| Personal Income | ||||||||
| Below 10,000 | 107 | 62.9 | 32 | 43.8 | 43 | 51.8 | 96 | 29.4 |
| 10,000–30,000 | 56 | 32.9 | 36 | 49.3 | 35 | 42.2 | 132 | 40.5 |
| 30,000 and above | 7 | 4.1 | 5 | 6.8 | 5 | 6.0 | 93 | 28.5 |
| Household Incomeb | ||||||||
| Below 10,000 | 62 | 36.9 | 21 | 25.9 | 13 | 18.1 | 182 | 55.8 |
| 10,000–30,000 | 62 | 36.9 | 40 | 49.4 | 30 | 41.7 | 127 | 39.0 |
| 30,000 and above | 44 | 26.2 | 30 | 24.7 | 29 | 40.3 | 17 | 5.2 |
| Prior trauma exposure | ||||||||
| Childhood sexual abuse | 88 | 51.8 | 39 | 53.4 | 38 | 45.8 | 165 | 50.6 |
| Child physical abuse | 97 | 57.1 | 39 | 53.4 | 46 | 55.4 | 182 | 55.8 |
| Adult rape | 63 | 37.1 | 33 | 45.2 | 35 | 42.2 | 131 | 40.2 |
a
One-Way Analysis of Variance, F (2, 325) = 4.18, p < .05; Tukey HSD MU > AB=HU, p < .05
b
χ2 (4, n = 321) = 12.78, p <.05