Table 2.

Sociodemographic characteristics of Type A and Type B alcohol dependent drinkers.

Sociodemographic characteristics	Type A (n=832) %	Type B (n=340) %	Unadjusted odds ratios for Type B (95% CI)	Adjusted odds ratios^a for Type B (95% CI)
Class size	69.2	30.8
Gender
Male	65.8	73.1^*	1.41 (1.01-1.97)^*	1.42 (1.00-2.00)^*
Female	34.2	26.9	1.0	1.0
Age
18-29	54.2	51.9	1.0	1.0
30-44	30.3	32.4	1.11 (0.76-1.63)	1.19 (0.75-1.88)
≥45	15.4	15.7	1.06 (0.68-1.66)	1.07 (0.62-1.85)
Ethnicity
White	71.3	66.8^**	1.0	1.0
Black	11.5	9.4	0.87 (0.54-1.40)	0.75 (0.45-1.26)
US born Hispanic	8.9	10.6	1.26 (0.76-2.10)	1.19 (0.71-2.03)
Immigrant Hispanic	4.7	3.2	0.73 (0.35-1.52)	0.52 (0.23-1.15)
American Indian	0.6	5.1	9.92 (2.32-42.34)^**	7.96 (1.86-34.04)^**
Other Minority	3.0	5.0	1.74 (0.71-4.31)	1.86 (0.78-4.39)
Education
Less than high school	14.4	21.3^*	2.23 (1.31-3.81)^**	1.86 (1.00-3.48)^*
High school graduate	27.4	30.5	1.68 (1.03-2.76)^*	1.36 (0.81-2.29)
Some college	38.5	35.1	1.38 (0.88-2.17)	1.25 (0.78-2.01)
4-year college graduate	19.7	13.0	1.0	1.0
Marital Status
Married/living together	36.5	31.5	1.0	1.0
Widowed/divorced/separated	14.5	19.4	1.55 (1.03-2.31)^*	1.34 (0.87-2,06)
Single	49.0	49.1	1.16 (0.82-1.64)	1.01 (0.66-1.54)
Family Income
<$20,000	30.9	37.5	1.87 (1.17-3.00)^*	1.60 (0.93-2.74)
$20,000-34,999	19.9	21.9	1.70 (1.05-2.76)^*	1.51 (0.89-2.57)
$35,000-69,999	28.1	26.7	1.46 (0.90-2.38)	1.27 (0.76-2.11)
>$70,000	21.2	13.8	1.0	1.0

Percentages are weighted.

Adjusted odds ratios: The model included all variables listed in the column at the far left.

p<0.05

^**

p<0.01