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. 2013 Jul;74(4):521–531. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2013.74.521

Table 1.

Individual RAPI items and rates of problems endorsement by race and gender

Race
Gender
RAPI items White (n = 14,772) % Black (n = 458) % Female (n = 8,967) % Male (n = 6,263) %
Not able to do homework 23.3 12.9 22.6 23.7
Missed out on other things 13.4 10.2 11.2 16.3
Went to work or school high or drunk 14.3 12.7 11.3 18.4
Caused shame/embarrassment to someone 21.1 16.3 18.1 24.9
Neglected your responsibilities 32.9 17.8 31.9 33.2
Relatives avoided you 2.3 1.5 2.2 2.3
Felt like you needed more alcohol to get the same effect 27.2 13.3 24.9 29.5
Tried to control your drinking 15.5 9.7 14.1 17.1
Had withdrawal symptoms 3.6 3.5 2.9 4.6
Noticed a change in your personality 23.8 17.5 24.4 22.5
Felt you had a problem with alcohol 9.5 4.9 8.4 10.8
Missed a day of school or work 24.7 14.3 23.2 26.1
Suddenly found yourself in a place you cannot remember 19.6 16.2 18.5 20.9
Passed out or fainted 12.9 11.1 11.5 14.7
Kept drinking when you promised not to 14.2 11.9 15.6 12.0
Felt physically or psychologically dependent 7.4 4.8 8.0 6.3
Told by a friend/neighbor to stop or cut down 9.3 6.5 7.9 11.1

Notes: Rates were calculated while taking the complex samples structure with study weights into account. Numbers in parentheses indicate maximum sample size n, and sample size slightly varies across items because of missing responses. The maximum sample size was 15,230 for the total, and the minimum sample size for both columns was 14,026. RAPI = Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index.