Table 2.

Prevalence of self-reported tobacco and alcohol use among sexually experienced California women, aged 18 years and older, by genders of their sexual partners, 1998–2000 California Women’s Health Survey^a

Self-reported substance use	Any female sexual partners (n = 350)	Male sexual partners only (n = 10,854)
Current tobacco smoker (%)*	29.8	17.0
Alcohol use in past month
Consumed alcohol at least once (%)	66.0	52.9
Drank once or more per week (%)*	40.2	27.3
Drank average of 5–7 days per week (%)	5.1	4.6
No. of drinking days, x̅ (S.D.)*	4.6 (6.4)	3.2 (5.9)
No. of drinks per drinking day, x̅ (S.D.)*	1.4 (1.8)	0.9 (1.3)
No. of binge drinking days,b x̅ (S.D.)*	0.6 (1.7)	0.3 (1.4)
Engaged in binge drinkingc (%)*	15.0	7.3
Engaged in heavy drinkingd (%)	3.7	1.4

Note: Weighted prevalences and means shown. Statistical comparisons between the two groups adjusted for the effects of age, education level, race/ethnic background, employment status, relationship status, and the presence of children under 18 years of age in the home.

^aSample from 1998 includes women who reported their sexual partners in the 5 years prior to interview; samples from 1999–2000 include all women reporting any lifetime sexual partners.

^bDefined as consuming five or more drinks in any drinking occasion.

^cDefined as one to four binge drinking events in past month, heavy drinkers excluded from comparison.

^dDefined as five or more binge drinking events in past month.

^*P < 0.05.