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. 2012 Nov;73(6):890–898. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2012.73.890

Table 3.

Clustering of risky drinking behaviors and consequences and associations with sociodemographic characteristics among current drinkers (N = 5,017). Entries in the table are odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals for the correlate associations and pairwise odds ratios (PWOR) and 95% confidence intervals for the clustering

Variable Getting drunk Heavy episodic drinking Nonviolent consequences Driving/riding after drinking
Age
 14–15 years 0.347 [0.288, 0.417] 0.282 [0.233, 0.343] 0.428 [0.356, 0.515] 0.487 [0.398, 0.595]
 16–18 years 0.784 [0.680, 0.904] 0.701 [0.611,0.804] 0.778 [0.670, 0.903] 0.565 [0.476, 0.670]
 19–20 years 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000
Gender
 Female 0.716 [0.651, 0.787] 0.562 [0.497, 0.637] 0.940 [0.832, 1.061] 0.828 [0.737, 0.929]
 Male 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000
Race
 White 1.729 [1.457, 2.050] 1.655 [1.358,2.017] 1.289 [1.070, 1.552] 1.049 [0.894, 1.231]
 Non-White 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.00
Parent college education
 At least one parent 1.050 [0.896, 1.231] 1.068 [0.920, 1.240] 0.960 [0.846, 1.089] 1.085 [0.955, 1.232]
 Neither parent 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000
Family structure
 Single-parent household 0.788 [0.661, 0.939] 0.829 [0.706, 0.975] 0.890 [0.745, 1.063] 0.816 [0.695, 0.959]
 Dual-parent household 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000
Within-community clustering
 No covariates 1.085 [1.032, 1.140] 1.045 [1.012, 1.080] 1.039 [1.012, 1.067] 1.082 [1.032, 1.133]
 Fully adjusted 1.064 [1.022, 1.108] 1.033 [1.004, 1.063] 1.032 [1.007, 1.059] 1.075 [1.028, 1.124]