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. 2014 Jun 25;2014:853410. doi: 10.1155/2014/853410

Table 2.

Crude association between sociodemographic characteristics and alcohol-related harm.

Family worries or complains about alcohol use Alcohol use causing problems with others Alcohol interfered with responsibilities Drinking ever interfered with work/school/job/home Drinking problem causing family/friend argues/problems
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Sex
 Male 2.70 (2.47–2.96) 3.24 (2.35–4.47) 2.56 (1.86–3.53) 0.98 (0.82–1.17) 1.08 (0.90–1.30)
 Female 1 1 1
Age (group)
 ≤34 years 2.05 (1.71–2.46) 2.57 (1.36–4.85) 5.63 (2.46–12.91) 2.03 (1.36–3.03) 1.23 (0.85–1.79)
 35–49 years 2.75 (2.30–3.29) 2.33 (1.22–4.45) 4.15 (1.78–9.65) 2.07 (1.39–3.09) 1.75 (1.21–2.54)
 50–64 years 2.19 (1.18–2.66) 2.12 (1.07–4.20) 1.77 (0.68–4.56) 1.91 (1.25–2.91) 1.84 (1.23–2.75)
 ≥65 years 1 1 1 1 1
Education (years)
 0–11 2.24 (1.96–2.58) 1.82 (1.15–2.87) 0.72 (0.44–1.17) 1.06 (0.81–1.39) 1.38 (1.05–1.81)
 12 1.71 (1.50–1.96) 1.30 (0.83–2.03) 0.73 (0.48–1.13) 1.06 (0.82–1.39) 1.29 (0.99–1.68)
 13–15 1.66 (1.45–1.91) 1.36 (0.86–2.14) 1.07 (0.72–1.60) 1.05 (0.80–1.37) 1.34 (1.02–1.76)
 ≥16 1 1 1 1 1
Income
 <$20,000 1.37 (1.22–1.53) 1.12 (0.75–1.68) 1.05 (0.70–1.55) 0.86 (0.70–1.07) 0.95 (0.77–1.18)
 $20,000–29,999 1.17 (1.01–1.35) 1.39 (0.86–2.24) 0.77 (0.44–1.37) 1.05 (0.80–1.39) 0.85 (0.64–1.13)
 $30,000–49,999 1.19 (1.04–1.35) 1.16 (0.75–1.80) 1.12 (0.73–1.71) 1.06 (0.84–1.34) 0.85 (0.67–1.08)
 ≥$50,000 1
Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic black 0.81 (0.73–090) 0.52 (0.35–0.78) 0.49 (0.32–0.73) 0.77 (0.63–0.95) 0.75 (0.61–0.92)
 Hispanic/others 0.65 (0.58–0.72) 0.80 (0.57–1.13) 0.72 (0.50–1.03) 1.06 (0.86–1.31) 0.91 (0.73–1.12)
 Non-Hispanic white 1 1 1 1 1
Physical health rating
 Good 1.34 (1.16–1.54) 1.02 (0.62–1.67) 1.45 (0.92–2.29) 1.24 (0.94–1.64) 1.22 (0.92–1.61)
 Fair/poor 2.02 (1.75–2.33) 1.60 (0.98–2.62) 0.97 (0.53–1.76) 1.05 (0.79–1.39) 1.06 (0.80–1.40)
 Very good/excellent 1 1 1 1 1
Mental health rating
 Good 1.59 (1.39–1.82) 1.26 (0.77–2.06) 1.01 (0.61–1.67) 1.01 (0.77–1.32) 1.08 (0.82–1.41)
 Fair/poor 2.63 (2.24–3.08) 2.56 (1.51–4.36) 1.60 (0.87–2.94) 0.97 (0.72–1.32) 1.25 (0.92–1.70)
 Very good/excellent 1 1 1 1 1
Smoke
 Yes 1.51 (1.19–1.92) 1.70 (0.66–4.37) 1.39 (0.52–3.68) 0.77 (0.50–1.17) 0.77 (0.50–1.18)
 No 1 1 1 1 1