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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Risk Uncertain. 2013 Aug 1;47(1):93–127. doi: 10.1007/s11166-013-9172-x

Table 6. Accuracy of Responses to Legal Consequences of DWI: Jail.

Probability of Jail
if Convicted
Probability of Jail
if Convicted
Jail Time (Days)

Arrest Data Attorney Survey

Variables Coefficient Std.error Coefficient Std. error Coefficient Std. error

(1) (2) (3)
Panel A. Limited Specificationa

 Heavy drinker 0.032 0.073 −0.094 0.055 −5.00 21.9
 Binge drinker 0.091** 0.035 0.027 0.026 −8.97 10.4
 Heavy binge drinker 0.090* 0.04 0.049 0.030 −5.64 11.9
 Intercept −0.33** 0.026 0.005 0.020 33.0** 7.78
 R2 (Pseudo R2 for probit) 0.006 0.006 0.001
 Number of observations 1,302 1,302 1,300

Panel B. Full Specificationb

 Heavy drinker −0.004 0.038 −0.004 0.037 −5.76 22.3
 Binge drinker 0.014 0.019 0.014 0.019 −9.47 11.2
 Heavy binge drinker 0.019 0.022 0.019 0.023 −6.75 13.1
 CAGE = 1 0.044* 0.020 0.044* 0.020 −8.69 11.6
 CAGE = 2 0.026 0.021 0.026 0.021 7.96 12.3
 CAGE = 3/4 0.062** 0.023 0.062** 0.023 −5.99 13.8
 Female −0.010 0.016 −0.010 0.016 0.98 9.4
 Age −0.000 0.001 −0.000 0.001 0.60 0.4
 Black 0.025 0.026 0.025 0.026 16.4 15.1
 Hispanic 0.017 0.051 0.017 0.051 84.2** 30.0
 Other race −0.029 0.045 −0.029 0.045 46.4 26.6
 Currently married −0.049** 0.016 −0.049** 0.016 −11.7 9.7
 Edu. attainment (yrs.) −0.011* 0.004 −0.011* 0.004 −2.51 2.5
 Recall −0.016 0.010 −0.016 0.010 −5.87 5.8
 Serial-7 subtraction −0.016 0.009 −0.016 0.009 8.44 5.4
 Numeracy −0.012 0.011 −0.012 0.011 −12.5 6.6
 Memory = very good / good 0.006 0.021 0.006 0.021 11.7 12.3
 Memory = fair / poor −0.008 0.029 −0.008 0.029 −8.93 17.2
 Prior DWI arrestc 0.094 0.051 0.094 0.051 −20.8 30.2
 Intercept −0.377** 0.10 0.56** 0.10 71 60.7
 R2 (Pseudo R2 for probit) 0.752 0.57 0.048
 Number of observations 1,290 1,290 1,289
a

Other drinker is the omitted reference group.

b

Location binary variables (all 8 cities in the sample, with Raleigh being omitted reference group) are included in regression but not shown.

c

DWI conviction within past 3 years

**

p<0.01,

*

p<0.05