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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2013 Aug 9;38(1):241–248. doi: 10.1111/acer.12226

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics and alcohol consumption measures among past-year drinkers, stratified by smoking status and hazardous drinking status among smokers

Nonsmokers
Smokers
All (N =16643)
All (N = 4830)
Hazardous drinkers (N = 2576)
Not hazardous drinkers (N = 2242)
N % N % N % N %
Sex
 Male 7760 47* 2374 49 1412 55** 1287 57
 Female 8883 53 2456 51 1164 45 955 43
Age group
 18–29 3430 21** 1254 26 840 33** 411 18
 30–39 3961 24 1151 24 663 26 486 22
 40–49 3587 22 1183 24 603 23 579 26
 50+ 5665 34 1242 26 470 18 766 34
Race/ethnicity
 White 10472 63** 3190 66 1733 67 1449 65
 Black 2441 15 831 17 363 14 467 21
 Hispanic 3126 19 609 13 372 14 236 11
 Other 604 4 200 4 108 4 90 4
Education
 <High school 1604 10** 829 17 457 18 367 16
 High School 4050 24 1706 35 878 34 823 37
 Some College+ 10989 66 2295 48 1241 48 1052 47
Income
 $0 – 19,999 6148 37** 2292 47 1218 47 1066 48
 $20,000 – 34,999 4120 25 1277 26 717 28 557 25
 $35,000 – 69,999 4564 27 1032 21 523 20 508 23
 $70,000+ 1811 11 229 5 118 5 111 5
Marital Status
 Married 9564 57** 2171 45 1044 41** 1123 50
 Not married 7079 43 2659 55 1532 59 1119 50

Mean (std dev) Mean (std dev) Mean (std dev) Mean (std dev)

State tobacco tax (cents)
 Wave 1 58.03 (40.97)** 51.63 (40.67) 51.23 (39.96) 52.17 (41.53)
 Wave 2 88.71 (55.80)** 84.19 (56.65) 83.44 (55.12) 85.20 (58.42)
Alcohol Consumption
Frequency (days/week)
 Wave 1 1.43 (1.97)** 1.84 (2.24) 2.62 (2.38)** 0.94 (1.65)
 Wave 2 1.40 (1.93)** 1.68 (2.17) 2.27 (2.43)** 1.01 (1.74)
Typical amount (drinks/day)
 Wave 1 2.20 (1.82)** 3.31 (2.94) 4.77 (3.36)** 1.66 (0.75)
 Wave 2 1.97 (1.87)** 2.85 (2.68) 3.84 (3.04)** 1.72 (1.57)
Binge frequency (times/week)
 Wave 1 0.26 (0.91)** 0.67 (1.46) 1.29 (1.82)** 0.00 (0.00)
 Wave 2 0.22 (0.71)** 0.52 (1.15) 0.86 (1.39)** 0.15 (0.63)
*

p<.01,

**

p<.001 for chi-squared tests/t-tests comparing demographic characteristics and alcohol consumption measures between nonsmokers and smokers, and between hazardous drinkers and not hazardous drinkers (among smokers)