Table 1.

Demographic Information for Drinkers in the HABLAS Sample

Variable	Puerto Rican (n = 724)	Cuban- American (n = 660)	Mexican- American (n = 660)	S/C American (n = 729)
Female	58	56	64	58
Age (mean)‡	38.1	45.0	36.4	38.4
Religion‡
Catholic	61	63	78	73
Protestant	10	6	3	6
Jewish/other	30	30	19	21
Born in United States ‡	51	18	35	13
Acculturation‡
Low acculturation	11	32	31	29
Moderate acculturation	22	33	30	34
High acculturation	67	35	38	36
Marital Status‡
Married/living with spouse/living with someone	42	62	56	54
Married not living with spouse/legally separated/divorced/widowed	19	19	15	20
Never married/never lived with someone	39	19	29	26
Employment Status‡
Full/part-time employment	50	68	75	74
Unemployed	22	10	10	12
Retired/homemaker	14	14	10	10
Disabled/never worked/other	14	7	5	3
Education‡
4-year college degree, graduate/professional school	5	18	9	18
Some college or technical/vocational school	25	25	22	30
High school diploma/GED	43	31	28	27
Never finished high school	27	25	41	25
Income (mean) ‡	$25.3K	$35.3K	$29.4K	$31.8K

Note 1. Values are percentages unless otherwise noted.

Note 2. S/C = South/Central; GED = General Education Development;

^‡p<.001.