TABLE 2.

Differences between women and men problem and nonproblem drinkers in the percentages reporting exposure to social influences and stressors

Situation	Problem-drinking group			Nonproblem-drinking group			Problem vs nonproblem
	Women (n = 89)	Men (n = 262)	x2	Women (n = 258)	Men (n = 222)	x2	Women x2	Men x2
Social influences
Peer's drinking	87	90	0.87	69	68	0.12	10.38‡	37.70‡
Partners's drinking	81	52	23.69‡	55	31	26.49‡	19.37‡	20.60‡
Stressors and emotional distress
Family interpersonal problems	80	64	7.49†	58	37	21.95‡	13.04‡	35.56‡
Financial, legal problems	53	54	0.05	39	28	6.30*	5.28*	34.01‡
Workplace problem	29	41	4.06*	19	24	2.20	4.29*	15.41‡
Health problems	54	63	2.28	63	56	2.44	2.22	2.53
Death of someone close	75	59	7.76†	68	53	11.41‡	1.73	1.80
Emotional distress	82	52	25.01‡	52	32	18.99‡	25.08‡	19.49‡

^* p < .05;

^† p < .01;

^‡ p < .001.