Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics comparing those with incident binge drinking to those without in a prospective community sample of individuals in Detroit, Michigan (N=1,013)
| N | Incident binge drinking, % (SE) |
No incident binge drinking, % (SE) |
Chi-square, df, p-value |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 987 | |||
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 401 | 72.1 (10.6) | 45.6 (2.7) | 3.7, 1, 0.04 |
| Female | 612 | 27.9 (10.6) | 54.4 (2.7) | |
| Age | ||||
| 18-34 | 125 | 24.6 (9.1) | 32 (2.9) | 2.6, 5, 0.02 |
| 35-44 | 154 | 4.8 (4.7) | 14.9 (1.7) | |
| 45-54 | 227 | 35 (13.8) | 23.1 (2.1) | |
| 55-64 | 258 | 32.9 (11.9) | 15.6 (1.5) | |
| 65-74 | 139 | 2.7 (2.0) | 9 (1.2) | |
| 75+ | 104 | 0 (0.0) | 5.4 (0.8) | |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Black | 863 | 89.9 (7.1) | 88.4 (1.7) | 1.4, 2, 0.24 |
| White | 111 | 9.1 (7.0) | 7.6 (1.3) | |
| Other | 39 | 1.0 (0.9) | 4.0 (1.2) | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 272 | 17.8 (9.3) | 29.1 (2.2) | 1.1, 2, 0.34 |
| Divorced/Separated/Widowed | 403 | 46.8 (13.1) | 26.1 (2.0) | |
| Never married | 338 | 35.4 (12.1) | 44.8 (2.7) | |
| Education | ||||
| Less than high school | 128 | 6.4 (5.2) | 15.5 (2.0) | 1.4, 2, 0.25 |
| High school or GED | 288 | 59.3 (12.9) | 42.3 (2.7) | |
| More than high school | 597 | 34.3 (12.7) | 42.2 (2.5) | |
| Personal income | ||||
| Less than 25,000 | 276 | 29.1 (11.5) | 33.6 (2.7) | 0.2, 2, 0.85 |
| 25-50,000 | 241 | 33.7 (13.1) | 26.4 (2.4) | |
| 50,000+ | 354 | 37.2 (14.4) | 40.1 (2.7) | |
| Employment | ||||
| Looking for work or unemployed | 156 | 19.8 (9.0) | 25.9 (2.7) | 0.4, 1, 0.53 |
| Other | 857 | 80.2 (9.0) | 74.1 (2.7) |