Table 3.
Zero-Order Correlations Between Problematic Alcohol Involvement, Marital Status, Parental Status, Biological Sex, and Family History of Alcoholism
| Problematic alcohol involvement |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure | Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 7 | Year 11 | Year 16 |
| Problematic alcohol involvement | |||||||
| Age 18 | |||||||
| Age 19 | .73** | ||||||
| Age 20 | .64** | .66** | |||||
| Age 21 | .50** | .52** | .65** | ||||
| Age 25 | .46** | .43** | .53** | .54** | |||
| Age 29 | .30** | .29** | .44** | .45** | .59** | ||
| Age 35 | .37** | .30** | .36** | .35** | .40** | .59** | |
| Marital status | |||||||
| Age 25 | −.05 | −.09 | −.19** | −.19** | −.42** | −.27** | −.21** |
| Age 29 | −.08 | −.06 | −.15** | −.14** | −.25** | −.41** | −.29** |
| Age 35 | .07 | .04 | −.08 | −.04 | −.17** | −.39** | −.36** |
| Parental status | |||||||
| Age 25 | .10 | .01 | .00 | −.21** | −.13** | .00 | .02 |
| Age 29 | −.07 | −.11 | −.15** | −.11** | −.29** | −.19** | −.11 |
| Age 35 | .02 | .00 | −.09 | −.06 | −.14** | −.24** | −.22** |
| Sex | −.12** | −.15** | −.20** | −.32** | −.30** | −.12** | −.11** |
| Family history | .22** | .23** | .13** | .18** | .15** | .18** | .15** |
| M | 3.74** | 3.20** | 2.80** | 2.61** | 1.65** | 1.04** | 1.01** |
| SD | 3.39** | 3.21** | 3.10** | 3.05** | 2.45** | 1.97** | 1.95** |
Note. N = 483. 0 = men, 1 = women.
p < .05.