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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Addict Dis. 2010 Jul;29(3):314–324. doi: 10.1080/10550887.2010.489450

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of all responders and of responders who reported having at least one alcoholic drink in the past year.

Had at least one alcoholic beverage in the past
12 months
All participants
(n = 998)
Yes
(n = 801)
No
(n = 127)
Race (%)
White** 42.5 48.5 20.5
African American** 37.1 32.8 53.5
Hispanic 16.1 15.1 19.7
Other 4.3 3.6 6.3
Sex (%)
Men 45.9 48.8 35.2
Women 54.1 51.2 64.8
Age (M, SD)** 42.1 (10.1) 41.8 (10.0) 44.6 (10.4)
Education**
Less than high school 6.2 5.0 10.6
High school diploma 35.9 32.4 50.4
Associate’s/ 2 year degree 10.3 9.5 14.6
Bachelor’s degree 28.2 31.1 17.9
Graduate/ professional degree 19.4 22.1 6.5
Household Income (%)**
$10,000 or less 7.1 5.8 9.9
$10,001– $20,000 7.1 5.0 14.9
$20,001– $30,000 10.3 9.5 11.6
$30,001– $50,000 19.5 18.1 28.1
$50,001– $70,000 15.0 15.1 14.9
$70,001– $90,000 12.4 13.0 12.4
$90,001 or more 28.7 33.4 8.3
Marital Status (%)
Married* 57.0 59.9 48.8
Committed relationship (notmarried) 13.2 12.5 13.6
Never married 12.6 11.3 15.2
Widowed, divorced, separated 17.3 16.2 22.4
Average hours worked per week (M, SD) 36.5 (16.9) 36.9 (16.6) 36.7 (16.5)
Care recipients (M, SD) 2.1 (1.4) 2.1 (1.4) 2.3 (1.6)
Caregiver burden (M, SD)
Time-dependence burden 9.9 (3.8) 10.0 (3.8) 9.5 (3.6)
Developmental burden 6.0 (2.4) 6.1 (2.4) 5.7 (2.4)
Physical burden** 4.2 (1.7) 4.3 (1.8) 3.7 (1.3)
Social burden** 5.7 (2.1) 5.8 (2.2) 5.1 (1.7)
Emotional burden 4.7 (1.6) 4.7 (1.6) 4.7 (1.6)
*

p ≤ .05

**

p ≤ .01