Table 1.
Distribution of Demographic Characteristics
| All | Daily Smokers | Non-daily Smokers | Non-Smokersa | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | n = 5838 | % | (n=1320, 25.2%) | (n=383, 7.2%) | (n=3961, 67.6%) | |||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
| Gender * | ||||||||
| Male | 2664 | 50.0 | 646 | 54.5 | 208 | 56.2 | 1680 | 46.1 |
| Female | 3174 | 50.0 | 674 | 45.5 | 175 | 43.8 | 2281 | 53.9 |
| Race/Ethnicity * | ||||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 2763 | 62.2 | 849 | 76.9 | 209 | 66.8 | 1598 | 55.4 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 1106 | 13.3 | 170 | 7.7 | 40 | 7.6 | 873 | 16.4 |
| Other, non-Hispanic | 332 | 7.1 | 77 | 6.4 | 23 | 8.1 | 222 | 7.4 |
| Hispanic | 1637 | 17.4 | 224 | 9.0 | 111 | 17.5 | 1268 | 20.8 |
| Marital Status | ||||||||
| Married | 1482 | 25.5 | 332 | 26.7 | 80 | 21.4 | 1020 | 25.1 |
| Not Currently Married | 4356 | 74.5 | 988 | 73.3 | 303 | 78.6 | 2941 | 74.9 |
| Education * | ||||||||
| < HS graduate | 1135 | 16.8 | 308 | 21.7 | 64 | 14.3 | 737 | 15.5 |
| HS graduate | 1901 | 31.9 | 491 | 37.9 | 113 | 32.6 | 1233 | 29.1 |
| Some college | 2802 | 51.3 | 521 | 40.4 | 206 | 53.1 | 1991 | 55.4 |
| Student Status * | ||||||||
| College Student | 2990 | 54.0 | 521 | 39.6 | 213 | 59.7 | 2171 | 59.0 |
| Non-college Student | 2848 | 46.0 | 799 | 60.4 | 170 | 40.3 | 1790 | 41.0 |
| Alcohol Drinking | ||||||||
| Frequency | ||||||||
| Drink +1 in past year | 3906 | 71.7 | 1168 | 89.2 | 356 | 94.3 | 2382 | 62.8 |
| Drink +1 times/month | 2616 | 69.3 | 896 | 76.4 | 285 | 81.3 | 1435 | 63.5 |
| Drink +1 times/week | 1553 | 42.0 | 615 | 53.2 | 184 | 52.8 | 754 | 34.3 |
| Drink daily or nearly | 252 | 6.5 | 126 | 10.8 | 34 | 7.1 | 92 | 4.1 |
| daily | ||||||||
| Binge b | ||||||||
| Binge +1 in past year | 2083 | 56.7 | 801 | 69.4 | 259 | 75.6 | 1023 | 47.0 |
| Binge +1 times/month | 1378 | 38.5 | 597 | 53.4 | 188 | 56.3 | 593 | 27.7 |
| Binge +1 times/week | 824 | 24.0 | 383 | 36.0 | 113 | 33.1 | 328 | 16.1 |
| Binge daily or nearly | 125 | 3.4 | 76 | 6.8 | 16 | 3.7 | 33 | 1.6 |
| daily | ||||||||
| Alcohol Classifications | ||||||||
| Hazardous drinkingc | 2130 | 41.4 | 819 | 62.8 | 263 | 71.7 | 1048 | 30.1 |
| Alcohol diagnosisd | 919 | 17.9 | 392 | 31.0 | 137 | 38.7 | 390 | 10.8 |
n (unweighted) % (weighted)
*
p<.001 by smoking status
a
Non-smokers reported not consuming any tobacco product in the past 12 months. The group was comprised of both never and ex smokers.
b
Binge drinking is defined as consuming 5 or more (for men) or 4 or more (for women) alcoholic drinks in a single episode.
c
NIAAA hazardous drinking definition: 5+ drinks per day for men and 4+ drinks per day for women at least once in the past year or consumes more than 14 drinks per week for men and more than 7 drinks perweek for women
d
Alcohol diagnosis is defined as any past 12 month DSM-IV Alcohol Abuseor Dependence