Table 2.

Multi-level Models Predicting Alcohol Use among American Indians

	Current Drinking		Usual Drinks		Binge Drinking
	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE
Ever Married	−0.432	0.287	−0.386	0.124 **	−0.124	0.117
Currently Married	0.460	0.401	0.245	0.120 *	−0.216	0.163
Ever Cohabited	0.495	0.206 *	−0.014	0.070	0.167	0.097 †
Currently Cohabiting	−0.084	0.282	−0.117	0.130	−0.224	0.144
Ever Parents	0.228	0.211	0.281	0.118 *	0.087	0.104
Currently Parents	−0.908	0.238 ***	−0.357	0.099 ***	−0.436	0.098 ***
Ever Attended College	0.056	0.158	−0.246	0.071 ***	−0.297	0.074 ***
Currently Attending College	0.365	0.210 †	0.029	0.075	−0.003	0.079
Ever Worked Full-time	0.350	0.158 *	−0.020	0.146	−0.068	0.093
Currently Working Full-time	0.644	0.139 ***	0.086	0.063	0.163	0.081 *
Constant	−1.010	0.235 ***	0.396	0.225 †	0.749	0.103 ***
Random Effects
Level 1 Variancea					1.687	0.117
Level 2 Variance	4.299	0.964	1.464	0.090	0.629	0.127
Covariance Intercept and Slope	−0.265	0.065	−0.109	0.009	−0.026	0.012
Slope (Age) Variance	0.044	0.012	0.009	0.001	0.005	0.002
Level 3 Variance	0.280	0.143	0.086	0.026	0.059	0.067

Source: National Study of Adolescent Health.

Models control for age, quadratic age, gender, family structure, parent education, and urbanicity.

^aLevel 1 variance is only shown for the model using linear regression.

Note: Results are weighted to account for the complex survey design.

^***p <.001,

^**p <.01,

^*p <.05,

^†p <.1