Table 2.

Odds ratio and 95% confidence interval from logistic regression models predicting DSM-IV alcohol abuse

	Female (n= 1,269) OR (95% CI)	Male (n= 1,137) OR (95% CI)
Border (Ref.: Non-border)	0.83 (0.17 – 4.01)	5.48 * (1.08 – 27.70)
Age (Continuous)	0.89 (0.74 – 1.07)	1.03 (0.99 – 1.07)
Interaction of border by age	N/A	0.95 * (0.91 – 0.99)
Marital status (Ref.: Married/living with spouse/living with someone)
Married not living with spouse/legally separated/divorced/widowed	8.72 (0.96 – 79.34)	0.42 (0.09 – 1.88)
Never married/never lived with someone	2.06 (0.16 – 27.15)	1.59 (0.63 – 4.04)
Employment status (Ref.: Full/part-time employment)
Unemployed: Temporary illness/unemployed, looking/unemployed, not looking/in school	3.59 (0.40 – 32.31)	0.98 (0.38 – 2.53)
Retired/homemaker/disabled/never worked	0.93 (0.10 – 8.56)	1.11 (0.29 – 4.21)
Income (Continuous)	1.00 (0.98 – 1.02)	1.00 (0.99 – 1.02)
Education level (Ref.: <High school diploma)
High school diploma/GED	0.38 (0.04 – 3.65)	1.35 (0.54 – 3.41)
Technical/vocational/some college/college graduate	2.12 (0.57 – 7.87)	1.35 (0.52 – 3.53)
Religion (Ref: Catholic)
Protestant	0.26 (0.02 – 3.40)	0.52 (0.12 – 2.29)
Jewish/other	0.82 (0.06 – 12.02)	0.09 * (0.01 – 0.95)
No preference	0.36 (0.02 – 5.19)	1.63 (0.59 – 4.55)
Standard drinks per week (Continuous, 5 drinks)	1.37 (0.98 – 1.93)	1.14 ** (1.04 – 1.26)

Notes: n = unweighted denominators; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; Ref. = reference group; GED = general equivalency diploma;

^*p < 0.05;

^**p < 0.01.