Table 3.

Estimated association between pre-Katrina/Rita and Katrina/Rita-associated events and the difference in the total number of drinks consumed in the past year in 2005 and 2007¹

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4
	Estimate	S.E.²	Estimate	S.E.	Estimate	S.E.	Estimate	S.E.
Gender
Male	(reference group)
Female	−19.32	35.38	−25.27	35.64	−25.37	35.36	−13.3	35.4
Age
18–30	(reference group)
31–40	−29.25	42.43	−28.78	42.84	−21.84	42.64	−29.36	42.5
41–50	−11.16	43.07	−14.74	43.44	−11.73	43.16	−17.38	43.23
>50	−69.74	45.39	−62.05	45.65	−53.55	45.55	−76.86	46.11^~
Race/ethnicity
White	(reference group)
Black	−39.32	43.33	−29.7	43.68	−35.02	43.3	−35.08	43.3
Other	16.44	47.07	23.11	47.41	16.79	47.19	17.34	46.98
Educational attainment
<HS	92.69	42.06^*	86.6	42.42^*	91.2	42.13^*	95.83	41.92^*
HS	33.64	31.45	29.89	31.71	29.24	31.48	32.45	31.31
>HS	(reference group)
Lifetime income group
Low income	−70.43	61.85	−77.33	62.38	−91.32	62.27	−77.47	62.14
Middle income	−1.92	37.7	−2.52	38.01	−9.74	37.94	−4.63	37.75
High income	(reference group)
Marital status
Married	(reference group)
Divorced, widowed or separated	23.41	37.32	14.64	37.56	15.59	37.21	19.68	37.2
Never married	21.5	41.38	9.92	41.58	16.89	41.31	16.7	41.49
Home ownership
Own home	58.91	34.25^~	47.62	34.25	47.58	33.99	62.28	34.23^~
Family size	−7.41	10.36	−5.39	10.41	−7.44	10.4	−10.76	10.47
Traumatic events before Katrina/Rita
Low	83.04	39.61^*	61.18	38.89	64.93	38.66^~	72.9	39.76^~
Medium	51.23	42.3	34.46	42.11	38.51	41.84	53.74	42.18
High	(reference group)
Number of hurricane-related traumatic events	79.22	33.21^*					69.68	33.98^*
Property damage/loss			1.66	31.65
Number of stressors after Katrina/Rita					16.51	7.98^*	14.66	8.16^~
Post-Katrina/Rita social support
Low							68.05	34.44^*
Medium							41.22	37.28
High	(reference group)

Controlling for total number of drinks consumed in 2005

S.E. = Standard error

p<0.05;

p<0.10