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. 2012 Nov;73(6):865–873. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2012.73.865

Table 2.

Alcohol outcomes by race/ethnicity and sex

Variable White men African American men Hispanic men White women African American women Hispanic women Design- based χ2
Full sample
n 4,229 1,074 1,335 4,642 1,341 1,269
 Current drinker 70.9% 55.8% 66.7% 65.2% 44.6% 43.9% 76.30**
 Mean volume from heavy drinkingab 240 drinks 237 drinks 282 drinks 55 drinks 60 drinks 78 drinks c
 ≥2 consequencesa 6.5% 10.8% 8.6% 2.7% 2.7% 3.2% 15.75**
 Dependencea 4.1% 9.2% 10.1% 2.1% 3.1% 4.8% 18.68**
Sample in most
disadvantaged neighborhoodsd
n 558 496 552 630 696 535
 Current drinker 60.7% 51.7% 64.5% 53.3% 40.8% 39.8% 17.08**
 Mean volume from heavy drinkingab 279 drinks 321 drinks 284 drinks 94 drinks 84 drinks 126 drinks c
≥2 consequencesa 8.6% 14.6% 9.3% 6.3% 3.4% 2.7% 5.25**
Dependencea 5.0% 10.2% 12.0% 5.7% 3.7% 4.1% 4.16**

Notes: n = weighted sample size.

a

Drinkers only;

b

heavy drinking volume calculated from days in past year consuming five or more drinks;

c

see text for tests of group differences;

d

top quartile on neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage measure.

**

p <.01.