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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 17.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2005 Dec 15;83(3):199–209. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2005.11.013

Table 3.

Estimated class prevalences and response probabilities from a three class model of underage problem drinking

Response probability (S.E.)
Class 1 Class 2 Class 3
Class probabilities (prevalence) 0.43 0.30 0.27
Drinking behaviors
    1. Drank at least 6 days past month 0.016 (0.003) 0.066 (0.010) 0.610 (0.024)
    2. Binge drinking past 2 weeks 0.110 (0.011) 0.350 (0.032) 0.977 (0.003)
    3. Got drunk at least 2−3 days a month during past year 0.118 (0.013) 0.518 (0.028) 0.960 (0.011)
Alcohol-related problems
    1. Drove after drinking 0.030 (0.007) 0.064 (0.016) 0.342 (0.020)
    2. Passed out or unable to remember what happened 0.032 (0.004) 0.509 (0.037) 0.638 (0.017)
    3. Had headache or hangover 0.226 (0.023) 0.802 (0.025) 0.791 (0.016)
    4. Social consequences 0.076 (0.011) 0.395 (0.027) 0.508 (0.019)
Mean S.D. Range Mean S.D. Range Mean S.D. Range
Drinking behaviors (max = 3) 0.2 0.5 0−2 0.9 0.6 0−2 2.5 0.5 2−3
Alcohol-related problems (max = 4) 0.3 0.5 0−2 1.8 0.7 1−4 2.3 0.9 0−4
Total (max = 7) 0.6 0.6 0−2 2.7 0.7 2−5 4.9 1.1 3−7