Table 5.

Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals from Logistic Regression Model Predicting Any Binge Drinking Among Current Drinkers (n=2,698)

	OR	95% CI
Male (Ref: Female)	0.80	0.62–1.04
Age (Ref: 50+ years)
18–29	1.71 ^*	1.11–2.65
30–39	1.33	0.87–2.04
40–49	1.40	0.96–2.05
Hispanic subgroup (Ref: Cuban American)
Puerto Rican	1.42	0.92–2.19
Mexican American	0.79	0.55–1.14
South/Central American.	1.01	0.70–1.45
Marital Status (Ref: Married/Living with spouse/Living with someone)
Married not living with spouse/Legally separated/divorced/Widowed	1.06	0.75–1.50
Never married/Never lived with someone	0.96	0.72–1.29
Education Level (Ref: < High School )
HS diploma/GED	0.78	0.57–1.07
Technical/vocational school	1.80 ^*	1.06–3.07
Some college	0.96	0.67–1.37
College graduate/professional school	0.79	0.50–1.26
Employment Status (Ref: Full/part-time employment)
Unemployed: temp illness/unemployed looking/unemployed, not looking/in school	0.94	0.63–1.38
Retired/Homemaker	0.53^**	0.34–0.82
Disabled/never worked/other	0.96	0.58–1.61
Income ^a	1.00	0.99–1.00
Drinks per week ^a	1.31^***	1.23–1.40
Beverage Specific Status: Wine, Beer, Liquor Combinations (Ref: Wine only)
Beer only	2.00 ^*	1.10–3.63
Liquor only	5.12 ^***	2.46–10.65
Any combination of wine, beer, liquor	2.56 ^**	1.47–4.47
U.S.-Born (Ref: Foreign-Born)	0.89	0.65–1.23
Acculturation Level (Ref: High)
Medium	1.15	0.81–1.63
Low	1.39	0.92–2.11
R- Square	16.56%

p< 0.05

^**

p<0.01

^***

p<0.001

Continuous variable.