Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics for Analysis Variables, NESARC 2 samples

Variable	25-State Sample		35-State Sample		44-State Sample
	All	Beer Drinkers	All	Beer Drinkers	All	Beer Drinkers
Daily Ethanol from Beer	0.151	0.408	0.153	0.424	0.152	0.419
(ounces)	(0.005)	(0.013)	(0.005)	(0.012)	(0.004)	(0.011)
Beer Drinker During Past	0.370	1	0.360	1	0.362	1
Year	(0.004)		(0.003)		(0.003)
Female	0.576	0.400	0.581	0.403	0.580	0.402
	(0.004)	(0.006)	(0.003)	(0.005)	(0.003)	(0.005)
Age (years)	48.691	44.879	48.536	44.645	48.579	44.698
	(0.134)	(0.196)	(0.111)	(0.163)	(0.108)	(0.158)
Household Income	58.750	69.291	57.691	68.112	58.247	68.610
($1000's)	(0.435)	(0.785)	(0.361)	(0.653)	(0.354)	(0.637)
Family Size (#)	2.671	2.724	2.667	2.716	2.665	2.713
	(0.012)	(0.019)	(0.010)	(0.016)	(0.010)	(0.015)
Non-Hispanic Black	0.190	0.137	0.207	0.152	0.205	0.150
	(0.003)	(0.004)	(0.003)	(0.004)	(0.003)	(0.004)
Hispanic	0.214	0.214	0.220	0.218	0.218	0.215
	(0.003)	(0.005)	(0.003)	(0.004)	(0.003)	(0.004)
Other Nonwhite	0.049	0.042	0.044	0.039	0.046	0.040
	(0.002)	(0.003)	(0.001)	(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.002)
<High School Graduate	0.150	0.114	0.156	0.114	0.155	0.113
	(0.003)	(0.004)	(0.002)	(0.003)	(0.002)	(0.003)
1–3 Years of College	0.321	0.329	0.317	0.328	0.315	0.326
	(0.004)	(0.006)	(0.003)	(0.005)	(0.003)	(0.005)
4+ years of College	0.280	0.333	0.275	0.328	0.277	0.331
	(0.004)	(0.006)	(0.003)	(0.005)	(0.003)	(0.005)
Midwestern Residence	0.282	0.296	0.215	0.229	0.205	0.219
	(0.004)	(0.006)	(0.003)	(0.005)	(0.003)	(0.004)
Southern residence	0.310	0.273	0.390	0.358	0.371	0.338
	(0.004)	(0.006)	(0.003)	(0.005)	(0.003)	(0.005)
Western residence	0.360	0.380	0.249	0.271	0.241	0.260
	(0.004)	(0.006)	(0.003)	(0.005)	(0.003)	(0.005)
Married	0.509	0.521	0.505	0.520	0.505	0.521
	(0.004)	(0.006)	(0.003)	(0.005)	(0.003)	(0.005)
Blue-collar Occupation	0.157	0.185	0.152	0.186	0.151	0.183
	(0.003)	(0.005)	(0.002)	(0.004)	(0.002)	(0.004)
White-collar Occupation	0.543	0.596	0.538	0.591	0.539	0.593
	(0.004)	(0.006)	(0.003)	(0.005)	(0.003)	(0.005)
Service occupation	0.143	0.135	0.151	0.140	0.151	0.141
	(0.003)	(0.004)	(0.002)	(0.004)	(0.002)	(0.004)
State Beer Tax	0.039	0.037	0.037	0.036	0.036	0.035
	(0.021)	(0.021)	(0.023)	(0.022)	(0.024)	(0.023)
UPC Beer price	1.248	1.245	1.253	1.252	---	---
	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
UPC Wine price	1.848	1.839	---	---	---	---
	(0.001)	(0.002)
UPC Spirits price	1.142	1.136	---	---	---	---
	(0.002)	(0.003)
ACCRA Beer price	2.126	2.126	2.120	2.119	2.117	2.117
	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
ACCRA Wine price	1.033	1.029	1.058	1.053	1.071	1.067
	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
ACCRA Spirits price	2.114	2.106	2.120	2.114	2.129	2.123
	(0.001)	(0.002)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)

Notes: Sample sizes are 16,437, 23,743 and 25,220 for all respondents in the 25-state, 35-state, and 44-state samples. For beer drinkers the sample sizes are 6,089, 8,543 and 9,129. Table shows (unweighted) means with standard errors in parentheses. Unless otherwise noted, all variables are dichotomous. Alcohol prices and taxes are measured in 2004 and are per ounce of ethanol.