. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Aug 8.

Published in final edited form as: J Stud Alcohol. 2006 May;67(3):354–362. doi: 10.15288/jsa.2006.67.354

Table 3.

Events occurring after age 50 and perceived reasons for drinking reductions

Events	Untreated remitters (n = 330) %	Treated remitters (n = 120) %	Untreated nonremitters (n = 130) %	F^c
Health problems
Occurred?	59^a	75^a	57	5.35^g
Led to reduction^d	41^a ^b	61^a	24^b	12.39^h
Financial problems
Occurred?	21^a ^b	34^a	32^b	6.51^g
Led to reduction?^d	25	42	17	2.95^e
Legal problems
Occurred?	16	24	16	2.13^e
Led to reduction?^d	17^a	41^a	0	8.00^g
Martial problems
Occurred?	26^a	39^a	29	4.82^g
Led to reduction?^d	25	21	11	1.62^e
Someone close died
Occurred?	57	56	48	1.03^e
Led to reduction?^d	14^a	33^a	8	8.88^h
Negative affect
Occurred?	44^a	58^a	42	6.04^g
Led to reduction?^d	14^a	38^a	16	8.48^h
Others’ drinkⁱ
Occurred?	68^h	74	80^h	3.74^f
Led to reduction?^a	29^a ^b	34^a	15^b	5.09^g
Change in leisure time
Occurred?	49	45	57	1.90^e
Led to reduction?^d	28	30	14	3.70^f

Untreated remitters vs treated remitters;

untreated remitters vs untreated nonremitters;

analyses control for gender and education;

among individuals who experiences the event (i.e., occurred = yes);

a nonsignificant finding, p ≥ .05;

p < .05;

p <.01;

p < .001;

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“other” includes friends, spouse, and coworker.