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Published in final edited form as: Addict Behav. 2010 Dec 10;36(4):354–361. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2010.12.013

Table 3.

Mean differences between males (n=794) and females (n=798) on variables.

	Males		Females		t-test
	M	(SD)	M	(SD)	t-test
DMQ — social	3.54	(0.94)	3.43	(0.97)	2.44
DMQ — coping	1.80	(0.91)	1.79	(0.86)	0.30
DMQ — enhancement	3.11	(1.00)	3.01	(0.99)	2.12
DMQ — conformity	1.50	(0.77)	1.39	(0.64)	3.07
PBS — stopping/limiting drinking	2.56	(0.72)	2.84	(0.76)	−7.57^***
PBS — manner of drinking	2.76	(0.65)	2.99	(0.66)	−6.89^***
PBS — serious harm reduction	4.00	(0.77)	4.51	(0.66)	−14.20^***
Drinks — drinks per week	14.24	(11.44)	8.79	(6.57)	11.66^***
Drinks — hours per week	8.73	(6.05)	7.55	(5.21)	4.19^***
Drinks — days per month	1.91	(1.27)	1.52	(1.09)	6.53^***

Note. DMQ subscales range from 1 (almost never/never) to 5 (almost always/always). PBS subscales range from 1 (never) to 5 (always). Drinks per week and hours per week are open-ended and days per month is on a scale from 0 (I do not drink at all) to 7 (every day).

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