Table 1.
Husband variables | Wife variables | |||||||
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Wave 1 | Wave 2 | Wave 3 | Wave 4 | Wave 1 | Wave 2 | Wave 3 | Wave 4 | |
Frequency of heavy drinking (%) | ||||||||
Weekly or more freq. of intox. | 15.0% | 13.0% | 11.4% | 10.2% | 5.4% | 4.5% | 4.6% | 4.3% |
1+ times per month freq. of intox. | 19.7% | 20.2% | 18.9% | 17.5% | 11.7% | 8.9% | 7.4% | 6.7% |
1+ times per year freq. of intox. | 35.0% | 33.0% | 35.1% | 35.4% | 41.6% | 37.6% | 36.6% | 35.6% |
None in the past year | 30.3% | 33.8% | 34.7% | 36.9% | 41.3% | 49.0% | 51.3% | 53.4% |
Alcohol problems, mean (SD)1 | 3.61 (6.64) | 3.65 (7.57) | 2.99 (6.18) | 2.47 (5.13) | 1.49 (3.23) | 1.57 (4.26) | 1.13 (3.09) | 1.25 (3.58) |
Range for alcohol problems 0-35