Table 3.

Conditional Fixed-Effects Negative Binomial Estimation of Binge Drinking Days (Incidence Rate Ratios)

	(i)	(ii)	(iii)	(iv)	(v)	(vi)
State unemployment rate	1.096*** (0.011)	1.087*** (0.011)	1.088*** (0.011)	1.086*** (0.011)	1.076*** (0.011)	1.080*** (0.012)
Individual and Demographic Characteristics
Number of household members		1.020* (0.012)	1.020* (0.012)	1.021* (0.012)	1.018 (0.012)	1.019 (0.012)
Number of children in the household (under 18)		0.944*** (0.016)	0.943*** (0.016)	0.940*** (0.016)	0.942*** (0.016)	0.942*** (0.016)
Years of schooling		1.056*** (0.006)	1.054*** (0.006)	1.045*** (0.006)	1.045*** (0.006)	1.045*** (0.006)
Living in MSA		0.970 (0.025)	0.971 (0.025)	0.974 (0.025)	0.963 (0.025)	0.969 (0.025)
Married		0.903*** (0.030)	0.910*** (0.031)	0.898*** (0.030)	0.900*** (0.030)	0.893*** (0.030)
Widowed, separated, or divorced		0.928* (0.036)	0.934* (0.037)	0.915** (0.036)	0.918** (0.036)	0.914** (0.036)
Individual Health Status
SF-12 general health scale			1.004*** (0.001)	1.002* (0.001)	1.002 (0.001)	1.002 (0.001)
SF-12 mental health scale			0.994*** (0.001)	0.994*** (0.001)	0.994*** (0.001)	0.994*** (0.001)
Individual Economic and Employment Characteristics
Personal income (in US$2001, natural log)				1.032*** (0.007)	1.030*** (0.007)	1.031*** (0.007)
Employed (full-time orpart-time)				1.244*** (0.039)	1.246*** (0.039)	1.256*** (0.039)
State Characteristics
Beer tax per 12 oz drink (cents of US$2001)					0.923*** (0.010)	0.922*** (0.010)
Union representation (% of employed)					0.995** (0.003)	0.994* (0.003)
Alcohol consumption (gals. per capita)					1.132*** (0.053)	1.114** (0.053)
Month of Interview Effects	no	no	no	no	no	yes

Notes: Reported estimates are incident rate ratios and standard errors are presented in parentheses.

*, **, and *** indicate statistical significance at the 10%, 5%, and 1% levels.