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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 4.

Mean differences between Caucasians (n=1224) and Asians (n=368) on variables.

	Caucasians		Asians		t-test
	M	(SD)	M	(SD)	t-test
DMQ — social	3.45	(0.95)	3.59	(0.97)	−2.33
DMQ — coping	1.71	(0.80)	2.09	(1.07)	−7.31^***
DMQ — enhancement	3.11	(0.98)	2.87	(1.01)	4.06^***
DMQ — conformity	1.40	(0.68)	1.60	(0.79)	−4.77^***
PBS — stopping/limiting drinking	2.65	(0.73)	2.84	(0.83)	−4.31^***
PBS — manner of drinking	2.89	(0.65)	2.81	(0.70)	1.99
PBS — serious harm reduction	4.31	(0.72)	4.09	(0.85)	4.97^***
Drinks — drinks per week	12.20	(9.93)	9.19	(8.58)	5.26^***
Drinks — hours per week	8.61	(5.81)	6.57	(4.89)	6.13^***
Drinks — days per month	1.82	(1.22)	1.38	(1.08)	6.14^***

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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