Table 2.
Demographics, drinking patterns and drug use among current drinkers by gender (percents and means)
| Marijuana and Alcohol | Other Drugs2 and Alcohol | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol Only | Concurrent Use1 | Simultaneous Use | Alcohol Only | Concurrent use | Simultaneous Use | |
| Demographic Variables | ||||||
| Gender | ||||||
| Men | 88.1 | 3.5 | 8.5† | 94.2 | 3.5 | 2.3* |
| Women | 91.3 | 3.2 | 5.5 | 95.8 | 3.1 | 1.1 |
| Age | ||||||
| 18–29 | 77.5 | 7.7 | 14.8‡ | 90.6 | 5.4 | 4.0‡ |
| 30–49 | 90.7 | 2.5 | 6.8 | 96.3 | 2.4 | 1.3 |
| 50+ | 97.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 96.6 | 3.0 | 0.4 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 90.9 | 3.0 | 6.1‡ | 95.1 | 3.3 | 1.6 |
| African-American | 87.0 | 3.3 | 9.7 | 94.6 | 3.5 | 2.0 |
| Hispanic | 85.4 | 6.1 | 8.5 | 95.6 | 2.8 | 1.6 |
| Other | 83.0 | 2.1 | 14.9 | 92.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 |
| Education | ||||||
| <High school | 81.1 | 3.8 | 15.1‡ | 91.6 | 5.7 | 2.8* |
| High school or more | 90.5 | 3.3 | 6.2 | 95.3 | 3.1 | 1.6 |
| Income | ||||||
| <$30,000 | 84.5 | 4.8 | 10.7‡ | 93.0 | 4.5 | 2.5† |
| >=$30,000 | 91.7 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 95.8 | 2.7 | 1.5 |
| Relationship Status | ||||||
| Partnered | 93.2 | 2.1 | 4.7‡ | 96.1 | 2.8 | 1.2‡ |
| Not partnered | 82.8 | 5.6 | 11.7 | 93.1 | 4.2 | 2.7 |
| Days drinking 5 or more drinks | 15.6 | 26.7 | 76.0‡ | 18.1 | 30.3 | 118.2‡ |
| Mean (s.e.) | (1.0) | (8.3) | (7.1) | (1.1) | (5.9) | (18.3) |
|
| ||||||
| Unweighted n | 4106 | 156 | 338 | 3681 | 756 | 150 |
| Weighted % | 90 | 3 | 7 | 80 | 17 | 3 |
1
Notes: Concurrent and simultaneous users are mutually exclusive groups.
2
Marijuana not included.
*
p<.05.
†
p<.01.
‡
p<.001.
Percentages are weighted; counts are unweighted.