Table 1.
A. Mean Values for all Analysis Variables: Females | ||||
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Variables |
No Binge Drinking1 (n=4,652) |
Occasional Binge Drinking2 (n=2,032) |
Approaching Weekly Binge Drinking3 (n=529) |
Weekly Binge Drinking4 (n=509) |
Sleep Problems, Past 4 Weeks | ||||
Trouble Falling Asleep (%)5 ** | 52.35 | 61.93 | 63.38 | 64.51 |
Trouble Staying Asleep (%)6 ** | 56.18 | 66.43 | 67.03 | 68.30 |
Snoring/Sleep Apnea (%)7 * | 40.84 | 39.92 | 36.70 | 49.33 |
Explanatory Variables | ||||
Age (years) ** | 29.02 (1.81) |
28.76 (1.78) |
28.48 (1.69) |
28.58 (1.74) |
White (%) ** | 59.81 | 77.62 | 78.55 | 78.54 |
Hispanic (%) * | 13.75 | 9.88 | 8.61 | 9.82 |
African-American (%) ** | 21.80 | 9.37 | 8.61 | 9.01 |
American Indian (%) ** | 0.33 | 0.52 | 1.34 | 0.99 |
Asian (%) | 3.41 | 2.32 | 2.63 | 1.56 |
Other race (%) | 0.86 | 0.26 | 0.21 | 0.06 |
Years of schooling ** | 14.01 (2.24) |
14.59 (2.07) |
14.53 (2.02) |
14.34 (2.12) |
Currently employed (%) ** | 55.51 | 66.44 | 69.99 | 62.43 |
Currently Married (%) ** | 45.45 | 37.58 | 30.62 | 22.29 |
Household size ** | 2.59 (1.68) |
2.08 (1.51) |
1.87 (1.54) |
1.72 (1.49) |
Labor market income, past year ** | 23,665 (29,298) |
31,672 (42,391) |
31,018 (24,825) |
28,728 (26,581) |
Born outside the U.S. (%) ** | 5.15 | 3.17 | 1.67 | 1.70 |
Fair or poor health (%)8 ** | 11.15 | 7.99 | 5.68 | 8.39 |
Good health (%)8 | 35.03 | 33.02 | 30.35 | 33.84 |
Very good or excellent health (%)8 ** | 53.80 | 58.98 | 63.96 | 57.76 |
Normal Weight (%)9 ** | 30.51 | 38.30 | 45.59 | 42.35 |
Underweight (%)9 | 2.33 | 1.91 | 1.18 | 1.77 |
Overweight (%)9 | 24.26 | 26.15 | 26.38 | 22.97 |
Obese (%)9 ** | 42.88 | 33.62 | 26.84 | 32.89 |
Heart problem (%) | 1.16 | 1.41 | 0.23 | 0.14 |
Diabetes (%) ** | 3.26 | 2.71 | 1.17 | 1.08 |
High blood pressure (%) * | 10.01 | 7.44 | 4.94 | 11.14 |
Any marijuana use, past 30 days (%) ** | 7.20 | 15.96 | 24.80 | 33.22 |
Any other illicit drug use, past 30 days (%) ** | 2.97 | 5.02 | 7.78 | 19.99 |
Current smoker (%) ** | 35.72 | 50.69 | 59.07 | 70.67 |
Past year psychological or emotional counseling (%)10 ** | 10.77 | 13.74 | 14.31 | 17.13 |
Depression (%)11 ** | 20.74 | 23.95 | 23.22 | 31.60 |
Post-traumatic stress disorder (%)11 | 3.67 | 3.08 | 4.11 | 5.73 |
Panic disorder (%)11 ** | 16.13 | 18.71 | 22.38 | 28.76 |
B. Mean Values for all Analysis Variables: Males | ||||
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Variables |
No Binge Drinking1 (n=3,071) |
Occasional Binge Drinking2 (n=1,903) |
Approaching Weekly Binge Drinking3 (n=699) |
Weekly Binge Drinking4 (n=1,108) |
Sleep Problems, Past 4 Weeks | ||||
Trouble Falling Asleep (%)5 ** | 45.08 | 50.54 | 51.57 | 54.62 |
Trouble Staying Asleep (%)6 ** | 48.33 | 55.17 | 51.60 | 56.37 |
Snoring/Sleep Apnea (%)7 ** | 50.96 | 62.53 | 59.59 | 61.23 |
Explanatory Variables | ||||
Age (years) ** | 29.17 (1.86) |
28.99 (1.80) |
28.84 (1.82) |
28.94 (1.8) |
White (%) ** | 59.94 | 73.70 | 75.52 | 75.03 |
Hispanic (%) | 12.46 | 11.65 | 11.27 | 11.05 |
African-American (%) ** | 23.51 | 9.02 | 9.43 | 10.07 |
American Indian (%) | 0.37 | 0.58 | 0.39 | 1.32 |
Asian (%) ** | 3.02 | 3.91 | 2.40 | 1.79 |
Other race (%) | 0.67 | 1.11 | 0.96 | 0.70 |
Years of schooling ** | 13.49 (2.20) |
14.18 (2.15) |
14.01 (2.07) |
13.45 (2.06) |
Currently employed (%) ** | 64.61 | 71.63 | 72.04 | 72.82 |
Currently Married (%) ** | 36.55 | 38.35 | 29.12 | 21.85 |
Household size ** | 2.20 (1.62) |
1.95 (1.42) |
1.95 (1.45) |
1.81 (1.47) |
Labor market income, past year ** | 33,018 (34,543) |
46,336 (48,577) |
42,482 (35,354) |
37,303 (28,988) |
Born outside the U.S. ** | 4.57 | 5.52 | 3.81 | 2.13 |
Fair or poor health (%)8 * | 9.48 | 7.63 | 7.91 | 9.18 |
Good health (%)8 ** | 34.81 | 29.18 | 32.23 | 35.36 |
Very good or excellent health (%) 8 ** | 55.69 | 63.18 | 59.85 | 55.44 |
Normal Weight (%)9 * | 28.96 | 28.08 | 27.58 | 33.05 |
Underweight (%)9 | 0.80 | 0.87 | 0.26 | 1.05 |
Overweight (%)9 ** | 31.28 | 36.33 | 40.54 | 35.51 |
Obese (%)9 ** | 38.94 | 34.71 | 31.60 | 30.37 |
Heart problem (%) | 0.84 | 0.50 | 0.52 | 0.81 |
Diabetes (%) ** | 2.81 | 1.88 | 1.59 | 1.45 |
High blood pressure (%) | 14.44 | 12.21 | 11.40 | 11.81 |
Any marijuana use, past 30 days (%) ** | 13.38 | 20.09 | 29.47 | 39.58 |
Any other illicit drug use, past 30 days (%) *** | 4.63 | 7.53 | 9.89 | 16.22 |
Current smoker (%) | 42.00 | 50.39 | 57.38 | 68.81 |
Past year psychological or emotional counseling (%) 10 | 8.67 | 8.32 | 6.65 | 7.02 |
Depression (%)11 | 10.89 | 9.33 | 9.57 | 10.96 |
Post-traumatic stress disorder (%)11 | 2.59 | 2.69 | 0.65 | 2.10 |
Panic disorder (%)11 * | 7.82 | 7.51 | 8.07 | 9.96 |
A respondent who reported no episodes of binge drinking during the past 12 months.
An occasional binge drinker is an individual who reported binge drinking 1 to 12 days during the past 12 months.
An approaching weekly binge drinker is an individual who reported binge drinking 2 or 3 days a month during the past 12 months.
A weekly or more frequent binge drinker is an individual who reported binge drinking 1 to 7 days a week during the past 12 months.
Respondent had trouble falling asleep at least once during the past 4 weeks.
Respondent had trouble staying asleep at least once during the past 4 weeks.
Respondent reported snoring or sleep apnea during the past 4 weeks.
Self-reported health status measure.
Weight variables are based on data collected by the Add Health interviewers.
Past year psychological or emotional counseling for any type of mental health problem or disorder
Lifetime diagnoses of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and panic disorder.
Statistically significant difference in variable medians across the binge drinking categories, p<0.01, Kruskal-Wallis equality of populations rank test.
Statistically significant difference in variable medians across the binge drinking categories, p<0.05, Kruskal-Wallis equality of populations rank test.