Table 2.

Column proportion of use trajectories for transitional life events latent class

Variable	New family, college attenders [NFCA]	Uncommitted relationships, college attenders [URCA]	Hibernators [HBN]
No. of cigarettes used per month (MCIG)	(n = 216)	(n = 348)	(n = 341)
Steady accelerators (SAC)	.17	.27	.24
Steady decelerators (SDC)	.78	.69	.74
Moderate maintainers (MMC)	.05	.04	.02
No. of drinks per month (MALC)	(n = 216)	(n = 348)	(n = 341)
Steady accelerators (SAA)	.54	.39	.61
Steady decelerators (SDA)	.14	.34	.21
Moderate maintainers (MMA)	.32	.27	.18
Frequency of heavy drinking (MHVY)	(n = 214)	(n = 347)	(n = 328)
Steady accelerators (SAH)	.03	.12	.05
Steady decelerators (SDH)	.86	.69	.82
Moderate maintainers (MMH)	.12	.19	.13

Notes: The final sample sizes vary per the number of cases excluded from the analyses due to missing on the outcome variables for all emerging adulthood waves (55 cases excluded for MCIG and MALC; 71 cases excluded for MHVY). No. = number.