Table 2.

Demographic Characteristics of the 4 Types of Drinkers (n = 2,229),^ab National Alcohol Survey, United States, 1984–1992

	Consistent Lifetime Abstainer (n = 137)		Inconsistent Lifetime Abstainer (n = 172)		Former Drinker (n = 486)		Current Drinker (n = 1,434)
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Sex
Female	118	81.2	107	61.1	285	54.1	677	48.9
Male	19	18.8	65	38.9	201	45.9	757	51.1
Ethnicity
White	30	79.1	38	75.5	147	79.5	575	83.8
Black	40	11.9	70	16.9	187	13.6	436	9.2
Hispanic	67	9.0	64	7.5	152	6.9	423	7.1
Marital status
Not married	48	36.2	64	29.7	201	35.2	552	32.7
Married	89	63.8	108	70.3	285	64.8	882	67.3
Household income
<$30,000	114	68.8	136	69.0	361	58.4	848	45.2
≥$30,000	23	31.2	36	31.0	125	41.6	586	54.9
	Mean	95% CI	Mean	95% CI	Mean	95% CI	Mean	95% CI
Age, years	58.7	53.5, 64.1	56.1	51.6, 60.5	50.7	48.1, 53.2	45.1	43.7, 46.4

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.

^aCounts are unweighted values.

^bPercentages and means are weighted values.