Table 4.
Measures of association (95% confidence intervals) for an increase in education Gini value of one standard deviation from general estimating equation regression models of drinking behavior by individual educational attainment, New York Social Environment Study, New York, New York, 2005
| (a) Odds ratios from logistic regression models of alcohol use in past 12 months | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1a | Model 2b | Model 3c | Model 4d | ||||||
| Educational attainment | Ne | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI |
| Unstratified | 3,889 | 1.38 | (1.19, 1.59) | 1.18 | (1.08, 1.30) | 1.21 | (1.11, 1.32) | 1.23 | (1.12, 1.34) |
| Less than high school | 539 | 0.72 | (0.56, 0.92) | 0.87 | (0.66, 1.16) | 0.87 | (0.64, 1.18) | 1.05 | (0.77, 1.42) |
| High school/GED | 965 | 1.09 | (0.89, 1.33) | 1.24 | (0.97, 1.59) | 1.26 | (0.99, 1.62) | 1.26 | (0.98, 1.61) |
| Some college | 900 | 1.12 | (0.95, 1.33) | 1.27 | (0.99, 1.62) | 1.29 | (1.03, 1.62) | 1.26 | (1.06, 1.50) |
| College graduate | 844 | 1.65 | (1.40, 1.94) | 1.32 | (1.03, 1.69) | 1.30 | (1.01, 1.68) | 1.30 | (1.00, 1.68) |
| Graduate-level work | 641 | 1.68 | (1.39, 2.03) | 1.31 | (1.01, 1.70) | 1.30 | (1.00, 1.68) | 1.33 | (1.00, 1.76) |
| (b) Relative rates from Poisson regression models of the average number of drinks consumed per day among alcohol users | |||||||||
| Model 1a | Model 2b | Model 3c | Model 4d | ||||||
| Educational attainment | Ne | RR | 95% CI | RR | 95% CI | RR | 95% CI | RR | 95% CI |
| Unstratified | 1,502 | 0.92 | (0.84, 1.00) | 0.79 | (0.68, 0.92) | 0.79 | (0.69, 0.90) | 0.80 | (0.70, 0.91) |
| Less than high school | 119 | 0.75 | (0.55, 1.02) | 0.71 | (0.47, 1.08) | 0.67 | (0.43, 1.04) | 0.69 | (0.42, 1.13) |
| High school/GED | 298 | 1.05 | (0.83, 1.33) | 0.74 | (0.59, 0.94) | 0.75 | (0.59, 0.94) | 0.75 | (0.59, 0.95) |
| Some college | 310 | 0.89 | (0.76, 1.04) | 0.73 | (0.57, 0.95) | 0.73 | (0.57, 0.94) | 0.69 | (0.50, 0.96) |
| College graduate | 392 | 1.05 | (0.83, 1.34) | 0.80 | (0.52, 1.24) | 0.79 | (0.55, 1.13) | 0.78 | (0.55, 1.12) |
| Graduate-level work | 383 | 0.98 | (0.85, 1.14) | 0.99 | (0.81, 1.20) | 0.98 | (0.79, 1.21) | 0.93 | (0.74, 1.18) |
Adjusted for mean neighborhood educational attainment.
Model 1 + gender, race, age, income, marital status, student status, drinking before moving to neighborhood of residence, neighborhood median income, neighborhood income inequality
Model 2 + proportion of respondents in neighborhood who feel it is unacceptable for adults to drink alcohol
Model 3 + proportion of respondents in neighborhood who share the index respondent's education level and feel it is unacceptable for adults to drink alcohol
Weighted; for model 4 (most restricted model).