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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2011 Mar 26;118(1):78–82. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.02.022

Table 1.

Distribution of Demographic Characteristics and Wave 1 and 2 Alcohol Drinking

All n = 4468 All
%		 Daily Smokers
(n=1007, 23.5%)		 Non-daily Smokers
(n=299, 7.1%)		 Non-Smokersa
(n=3125, 69.4%)
n % n % n %
Gender
Male 1957 50.1 470 53.2 161 57.9 1312 48.2
Female 2511 49.9 537 46.8 138 42.1 1813 51.8
Race/Ethnicity*
White, non-Hispanic 2251 62.4 675 77.8 171 66.0 1387 56.9
Black, non-Hispanic 837 13.4 123 7.5 26 7.0 685 16.2
Other, non-Hispanic 230 6.9 46 5.3 20 9.2 162 7.1
Hispanic 1150 17.3 163 9.5 82 17.8 891 19.8
Marital Status at Wave 1
Married 874 19.7 164 17.8 48 15.7 657 20.6
Not Currently Married 3594 80.3 843 82.2 251 84.3 2468 79.4
Education at Wave 1*
< HS graduate 777 15.5 231 21.3 42 13 498 13.7
HS graduate 1465 32.0 374 38.7 91 32.2 986 29.5
Some college 2226 52.5 402 40.0 166 54.8 1641 56.8
Student Statusb*
Continuing Student 979 23.3 125 12.3 77 27.8 769 26.6
Former Student 1355 31.5 270 26.1 93 34.8 978 32.7
New Student 279 5.6 79 7.3 18 4.6 182 5.3
Continuing Non-Student 1855 39.6 533 54.3 111 32.8 1196 35.4
Wave 1 Alcohol Drinking
Frequency
Drink +1 in past year 3127 71.9 897 89.2 281 94.3 1926 64.0
Drink +1 times/month 2087 49.0 681 67.6 219 72.8 1171 40.6
Drink +1 times/week 1229 29.1 455 46.2 142 47.4 620 21.5
Drink daily or nearly daily 185 4.3 89 9.0 22 4.5 72 2.7
Bingec
Binge +1 in past year 1686 40.8 617 62.2 202 69.2 69.2 30.8
Binge +1 times/month 1107 27.2 450 46.9 145 51.5 51.5 18.2
Binge +1 times/week 656 16.8 281 30.9 84 29.8 29.8 10.8
Binge daily or nearly daily 93 2.2 55 5.7 10 2.0 2.0 1.0
Alcohol Classifications
Hazardous drinkingd 1695 41.0 41.0 62.5 202 69.2 856 30.9
Alcohol Abusee 295 6.8 6.8 9.8 41 14.0 154 5.0
Alcohol Dependencef 436 10.7 10.7 21.0 66 23.2 170 6.0
Wave 2 Alcohol Drinking
Frequency
Drink +1 in past year 3393 78.3 873 88.2 271 92.3 2219 73.6
Drink +1 times/month 2484 58.4 669 67.2 225 79.5 1565 53.2
Drink +1 times/week 1537 37.0 456 46.9 163 59.8 903 31.3
Drink daily or nearly daily 192 4.6 89 9.4 21 6.1 79 2.8
Bingeb
Binge +1 in past year 2104 50.6 664 67.6 226 78.6 1193 42.0
Binge +1 times/month 1228 30.0 428 44.7 146 54.1 644 22.5
Binge +1 times/week 734 18.1 278 30.5 90 33.5 359 12.4
Binge daily or nearly daily 87 2.3 51 5.5 8 3.1 26 1.1
Alcohol Classifications
Hazardous drinkingd 2107 50.6 664 67.5 226 78.6 1196 42.1
Alcohol Abusee 374 9.0 135 13.5 49 17.8 190 6.5
Alcohol Dependencef 432 10.8 159 17.7 54 19.4 219 7.6

n (unweighted) % (weighted);

*

p<.001 by smoking status

a

Non-smokers reported not consuming any tobacco product in the past 12 months. The group was comprised of both never and ex smokers.

b

Continuing students were in college at Waves 1 & 2. Former students were in college at Wave 1. New students were in college at Wave 2. Continuing nonstudents were not in college at either Wave.

c

Binge drinking is defined as consuming 5 or more (for men) or 4 or more (for women) alcoholic drinks in a single episode.

d

NIAAA hazardous drinking definition: 5+ drinks per day for men and 4+ drinks per day for women at least once in the past year or consumes more than 14 drinks per week for men and more than 7 drinks per week for women

e

Alcohol Abuse is defined as any past 12 month DSM-IV Alcohol Abuse Diagnosis

f

Alcohol Dependence is defined as any past 12 month DSM-IV Alcohol Dependence Diagnosis