Table 1.
Variable means, prevalence (prev.) rates, and correlations, with comparisons across racial/ethnic group and poverty status
| Variable | M or prev. | SD | Racial stigma | Unfair treatmt. | Depress. sympt. | Heavy drink. | Alcohol depend. |
| Overall sample (n = 4,080) | |||||||
| Racial stigma | 1.93 | 0.83 | 1.0 | .24*** | .16*** | .02 | .08*** |
| Unfair treatmt. | 1.94 | 0.99 | .37*** | .07*** | .12*** | ||
| Depress. sympt. | 1.33 | 0.49 | .12*** | .22*** | |||
| Heavy drink. | 0.98 | 1.32 | .36*** | ||||
| Alcohol depend. | 4.3% | – | |||||
| White drinkers (n = 2,810) | |||||||
| Racial stigma | 1.68*** | 0.70 | 1.0 | .15*** | .11*** | .01 | .06*** |
| Unfair treatmt. | 1.86*** | 0.91 | .36*** | .07*** | .13*** | ||
| Depress. sympt. | 1.30*** | 0.46 | .12*** | .21*** | |||
| Heavy drink. | 0.98 | 1.31 | .36*** | ||||
| Alcohol depend. | 2.9%*** | – | |||||
| Black drinkers (n = 504) | |||||||
| Racial stigma | 2.70 | 0.83 | 1.0 | .23*** | .05 | .02 | .02 |
| Unfair treatmt. | 2.26 | 1.12 | .35*** | .05 | .13** | ||
| Depress. sympt. | 1.42 | 0.55 | .12*** | .24*** | |||
| Heavy drink. | 0.97 | 1.39 | .36*** | ||||
| Alcohol depend. | 5.9% | – | |||||
| Hispanic drinkers (n = 766) | |||||||
| Racial stigma | 2.23 | 0.84 | 1.0 | .28*** | .22*** | .02 | .04 |
| Unfair treatmt. | 2.00 | 1.07 | .36*** | .09** | .07* | ||
| Depress. sympt. | 1.39 | 0.54 | .13*** | .22*** | |||
| Heavy drink. | 1.01 | 1.31 | .41*** | ||||
| Alcohol depend. | 7.9% | – | |||||
| Non-poor drinkers (n = 3,103) | |||||||
| Racial stigma | 1.92*** | 0.83 | 1.0 | .26*** | .17*** | -.01 | .08*** |
| Unfair treatmt. | 1.90*** | 0.95 | .34*** | .05* | .10*** | ||
| Depress. sympt. | 1.31*** | 0.47 | .09*** | .19*** | |||
| Heavy drink. | 0.96*** | 1.28 | .33*** | ||||
| Alcohol depend. | 3.5%*** | – | |||||
| Poor drinkers (n = 470) | |||||||
| Racial stigma | 2.11 | 0.86 | 1.0 | .18*** | .10* | .07 | .11* |
| Unfair treatmt. | 2.20 | 1.17 | .41*** | .08 | .18*** | ||
| Depress. sympt. | 1.50 | 0.62 | .20*** | .27*** | |||
| Heavy drink. | 1.32 | 1.62 | .43*** | ||||
| Alcohol depend. | 10.1% | – | |||||
Notes: Significance levels attached to means and prev. rates for White drinkers reference comparisons with Black and Hispanic drinkers; significance levels attached to means and prev. rates for non-poor drinkers (income at or above the federal poverty level) reference comparisons with poor drinkers (income below poverty level). Treatmt. = treatment; depress. sympt. = depressive symptoms; drink.= drinking; depend. = dependence.
*
p < .05;
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001.