Table 2.
Comparisons between five alcohol use problem severity groups and problem behaviors and demographics among 1229 Mexican students.e
| Age | Gender | Lifetime Marijuana Use | Lifetime Sexual Intercourse | Past Year Arrest/Law Trouble | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Male | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||
| No lifetime alcohol use | 14.5 (1.6)a | 279 (57.1) | 210 (42.9)a | 485 (99.2) | 4 (0.8)a | 414 (97.6) | 10 (2.4)a | 482 (99.2) | 4 (0.8)a |
| Lifetime alcohol use, none in the past year | 15.0 (1.7)b | 126 (57.0) | 95 (43.0)a | 217 (98.2) | 4 (1.8)ab | 184 (95.8) | 8 (4.2)a | 167 (97.1) | 5 (2.9)ab |
| Past year alcohol use | 15.6 (1.6)c | 186 (56.5) | 143 (43.5)a | 315 (95.7) | 14 (4.3)b | 252 (87.8) | 35 (12.2)b | 302 (96.5) | 11 (3.5)b |
| 1–2 Abuse or Dependence Symptoms | 15.9 (1.3)d | 59 (45.7) | 70 (54.3)b | 115 (89.1) | 14 (10.9)c | 76 (83.5) | 15 (16.5)b | 112 (91.1) | 11 (8.9)c |
| 3+ Abuse or Dependence Symptoms | 16.5 (1.5)e | 9 (14.8) | 52 (85.2)c | 40 (65.6) | 21 (34.4)d | 31 (59.6) | 21 (40.4)c | 34 (64.2) | 19 (35.8)d |
| Total | 15.1 (1.7) | 659 (53.6) | 570 (46.4) | 1172 (95.4) | 57 (4.6) | 957 (91.5) | 89 (8.5) | 1097 (95.6) | 50 (4.4) |
This table shows a cross-tabulation of the alcohol use problem severity groups with demographic characteristics and three problem behavior variables. Ns (%) are reported for each variable; for age means (standard deviations) are reported. Chi-square or two-sided Fisher’s exact tests (when expected cell frequencies were <5) were used to compare each alcohol group on their percentage of problem behavior or gender endorsement. For age, two-sample t-tests for unpaired data were conducted (assuming equal or unequal variances where appropriate). Categories that share superscripts refer to comparisons that are not statistically different, such as categories one (0.8%a) and two (1.8%ab) for lifetime marijuana use. Categories with different superscripts refer to statistically significant differences at p < 0.05, such as categories one (0.8%a) and three (4.3%b) for lifetime marijuana use.