Table 1.

Distribution of Covariates across White and Hispanic at Risk Drinkers and Their Association with Primary Care Use within Ethnic Groups

	Distribution of covariates (%)		% Receiving any primary care
	White (N=2798)	Hispanics (N=684)	White (N=2798)	Hispanics (N=684)
Sex	χ2(1)=26.9***		χ2(1)=1.21	χ2(1)=7.3**
Male	52.4	63.5	33.1	15.0
Female	47.6	36.5	37.3	23.2
Age	χ2(3)=108.1***		χ2(3)=0.71	χ2(3)=2.3
18–29	26.7	45.9	32.7	15.9
30–49	51.4	42.8	36.4	20.1
50–64	16.5	9.5	35.5	16.9
65+	5.4	1.8	34.4	25.0
Education	χ2(3)=402.8***		χ2(3)=3.91	χ2(3)=30.6***
<HS grad	5.3	28.9	33.3	8.1
HS grad	25.4	30.7	29.6	15.7
Some college	30.4	23.2	35.6	23.9
College grad	39.0	17.1	38.6	30.8
Income	χ2(6)=233.7***		χ2(6)=4.21	χ2(6)=27.3***
≤ 10k	6.8	17.0	30.9	10.3
10,001–20k	8.5	21.2	27.8	13.8
20,001–30k	11.1	14.5	34.4	12.1
30,001–40k	12.1	11.3	31.1	22.5
40,001–60k	19.1	11.3	39.1	32.5
>60k	34.6	15.8	37.7	26.9
Missing	7.9	9.1	32.7	12.9
Insurance	χ2(4)=304.6***		χ2(4)=5.31	χ2(4)=33.3***
None	10.0	35.7	25.7	8.2
Private	74.5	48.7	36.5	26.4
Medicaid	1.8	2.8	41.2	10.5
Medicare/Fed	9.7	7.0	38.2	14.6
Other	3.4	5.8	22.5	15.0

^*P<0.05,

^**P<0.01,

^***P<0.001

¹χ² test statistics for whites are derived by normalizing sample size of whites to that of Hispanics (N=684)