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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Addict Dis. 2010 Jan;29(1):84–97. doi: 10.1080/10550880903436002

Table 1.

Diagnostic and Demographic Characteristics of the UCSF Family Study Sample

Probands Relatives Full sample
Alcohol Dependence Dx
   Female 536 (97%) 267 (34%) 803 (60%)
   Male 383 (96%) 190 (45%) 573 (70%)
Gender
   Female 552 (58%) 785 (65%) 1337 (62%)
   Male 398 (42%) 419 (35%) 817 (38%)
   Total 950 1204 2154
Age (years) 46.9 50.4 48.8
   18–25 34 (4%) 45 (4%) 79 (4%)
   26–40 260 (27%) 244 (20%) 504 (23%)
   41–65 597 (63%) 747 (62%) 1344 (62%)
   >65 59 (6%) 168 (14%) 227 (11%)
Years of education 14.2 14.3 14.4
   <12 83 (9%) 79 (7%) 162 (7%)
   12–16 684 (72%) 905 (75%) 1589 (74%)
   >16 183 (19%) 220 (18%) 403 (19%)
Income ($) 48,622 64,359 57,356
   <20,000 278 (29%) 197 (16.4%) 475 (22%)
   20,000–50,000 355 (37%) 423 (35.1%) 778 (36%)
   50,000–100,000 252 (27%) 434 (36.0%) 686 (32%)
   >100,000 65 (7%) 150 (12.4%) 215 (10%)
Race
   Caucasian 842 (89%) 1133 (94.1%) 1975 (92%)
   African-American 40 (4%) 15 (1.2%) 55 (3%)
   Hispanic 42 (4%) 26 (2.3%) 68 (3%)
   Native American 15 (2%) 17 (1.3%) 32 (1%)
   Other 11 (1%) 13 (1.1%) 24 (1%)
Marital status
   Married 418 (44%) 746 (62%) 1164 (54%)
   Divorced/separated 313 (33%) 253 (21%) 566 (26%)
   Never married 190 (20%) 157 (13%) 347 (16%)
   Widowed 29 (3%) 48 (4%) 77 (4%)