Table 4.

Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals from Multinomial Logistic Regression Models Predicting Wine, Beer, and Liquor Consumption

	Wine (n=5,163)				Beer (n=5,164)				Liquor (n=5,164)
	≤ 2 Drinks		3+ Drinks		≤ 2 Drinks		3+ Drinks		≤ 2 Drinks		3+ Drinks
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Male (Ref: Female)	1.06	0.86–1.30	1.82^***	1.29–2.57	2.00^***	1.60–2.51	6.80^***	5.19–8.91	1.60^***	1.31–1.96	4.07^***	2.89–5.75
Age (Ref: 50+ years)
18–29	0.98	0.71–1.35	0.75	0.43–1.31	1.61^*	1.12–2.31	1.75^*	1.15–2.69	1.20	0.84–1.72	3.08^***	1.74–5.48
30–39	1.02	0.75–1.40	1.18	0.75–1.85	1.57^**	1.16–2.14	2.23^***	1.57–3.17	1.21	0.88–1.68	1.54	0.89–2.66
40–49	0.90	0.68–1.19	0.84	0.50–1.40	1.22	0.90–1.64	1.51^*	1.05–2.17	0.99	0.69–1.41	1.46	0.86–2.48
Hispanic subgroup (Ref: Cuban American)
Puerto Rican	0.74	0.52–1.03	1.04	0.63–1.70	1.02	0.71–1.48	1.47^*	1.00–2.14	1.05	0.73–1.53	1.49	0.90–2.46
Mexican American	0.80	0.59–1.08	0.60	0.36–1.01	0.93	0.66–1.31	0.90	0.60–1.37	1.09	0.76–1.57	0.37^***	0.21–0.65
South/Central American	1.07	0.82–1.40	1.33	0.85–2.07	0.93	0.68–1.28	0.91	0.64–1.30	1.04	0.76–1.43	0.96	0.60–1.55
Marital Status (Ref: Married/Living with spouse/Living with someone)
Married not living with spouse/Legally separated/ Divorced/Widowed	1.08	0.85–1.38	0.89	0.58–1.35	1.02	0.79–1.33	1.15	0.84–1.59	1.06	0.83–1.35	1.41	0.95–2.11
Never married/Never lived with someone	1.00	0.75–1.32	0.73	0.49–1.07	1.13	0.86–1.48	1.14	0.85–1.54	1.13	0.85–1.50	1.07	0.76–1.52
Education Level (Ref: < High School )
HS diploma/GED	1.09	0.85–1.41	0.73	0.50–1.08	1.24	0.95–1.61	0.80	0.60–1.07	1.35^*	1.05–1.72	0.69	0.47–1.01
Technical/vocational school	1.50	0.90–2.49	0.88	0.44–1.76	1.56	0.96–2.54	0.94	0.56–1.57	1.61	0.99–2.61	1.57	0.77–3.22
Some college	1.71^***	1.25–2.33	1.74^*	1.13–2.69	1.42^*	1.02–1.96	0.80	0.54–1.17	2.09^***	1.56–2.80	1.25	0.77–2.01
College graduate/professional school	2.82^***	1.88–4.22	2.01^**	1.21–3.36	1.56^*	1.04–2.33	0.79	0.47–1.32	2.59^***	1.79–3.75	0.99	0.49–2.01
Employment Status (Ref: Full/part-time employment)
Unemployed: temp illness/ unemp looking/unemp, not looking/in school	0.75^*	0.56–1.00	1.08	0.68–1.73	0.76	0.56–1.02	0.65^*	0.44–0.96	0.96	0.73–1.26	1.10	0.68–1.79
Retired/Homemaker	0.53^***	0.39–0.71	0.58^*	0.34–0.99	0.46^***	0.32–0.65	0.27^***	0.17–0.43	0.62^**	0.43–0.88	0.65	0.34–1.22
Disabled/never worked/other	0.55^**	0.37–0.81	0.43^*	0.22–0.83	0.55^**	0.37–0.83	0.62^*	0.41–0.93	0.60^**	0.41–0.86	0.80	0.45–1.44
Income ^a	1.01^***	1.00–1.01	1.00	1.00–1.01	1.01^***	1.00–1.01	1.00	1.00–1.01	1.01^**	1.00–1.01	1.01^***	1.01–1.02
U.S.-Born (Ref: Foreign-Born)	1.15	0.85–1.56	1.05	0.68–1.61	1.17	0.84–1.64	1.39	0.96–2.01	1.70^***	1.26–2.27	1.62^*	1.12–2.35
Acculturation Level (Ref: Low)
Medium	1.11	0.88–1.40	1.69^**	1.14–2.51	0.81	0.63–1.05	0.98	0.71–1.37	1.38^*	1.06–1.79	0.86	0.55–1.36
High	1.47^**	1.10–1.97	1.94^**	1.23–3.03	0.87	0.64–1.16	0.98	0.69–1.39	1.79^***	1.33–2.41	1.65^*	1.06–2.55

p< 0.05

^**

p<0.01

^***

p<0.001

Continuous variable.