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. 2011 Sep;34(5):461–472. doi: 10.1179/2045772311Y.0000000033

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics for total sample and sub-samples

Total sample At-risk drinkers Not at-risk
Sample characteristics n = 118 n = 60 n = 58 P value
Age in years (SD) 37.3 (14.1) 37.4 (11.9) 37.1 (16.1) ns
Gender ns
Men 99 (83.9%) 53 (53.5%) 46 (46.5%)
Women 19 (16.1%) 7 (36.8%) 12 (63.2%)
Race* n = 114 n = 58 n = 56 ns
White 97 (85.1%) 48 (49.5%) 49 (50.5%)
African American 8 (7.0%) 5 (62.5%) 3 (37.5%)
Native American 1 (0.9%) 1 (100%) 0
Hispanic 3 (2.6%) 3 (100.0%) 0
Asian American 5 (4.4%) 1 (20.0%) 4 (80.0%)
Marital** n = 116 n = 59 n = 57 .009
Single 64 (55.2%) 37 (57.8%) 27 (42.2%)
Married/cohabiting 32 (27.6%) 10 (31.3%) 22 (68.7%)
Separated/divorced 17 (14.7%) 10 (58.8%) 7 (41.2%)
Employment status n = 115 n = 57 n = 59 ns
Full time 83 (72.2%) 47 (56.6%) 36 (43.4%)
Part time 5 (4.3%) 3 (60.0%) 2 (40.0%)
Unemployed 9 (7.8%) 5 (55.6%) 4 (44.4%)
Education*** n = 116 n = 59 n = 57 ns
Less than high school 28 (24.1%) 16 (57.1%) 12 (42.9%)
High school 51 (44.0%) 30 (58.8%) 21 (41.2%)
More than high school 37 (31.9%) 13 (35.1%) 24 (64.9%)

Note: *P value for combined variable ‘White versus other’; **P value for combined variable ‘married/cohabiting versus unmarried’; ***P value for combined variable ‘completed high school versus not’.