TABLE 2.
Drinking Behaviors Among Previously Deployed Personnel and among Weighted Civilian Counterparts
| Previously Deployed Mean (SE) |
Weighted Civilian Mean (SE) |
Ratio (SE) p Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Drinkers (70%) | Total | Drinkers (69%) | Total | Drinkers 0.98 (0.03) .601 | |
| Frequency of use (possible range: 0–30) | 6.67 (0.17) | 9.54 (0.47) | 6.47 (0.11) | 9.34 (0.13) | 0.96 (0.58) .532 | 0.98 (0.05) .671 |
| Quantity of use (possible range: 0–15) | 2.31 (0.13) | 3.31 (0.17) | 2.92 (0.58) | 4.24 (0.07) | 1.27 (0.08) <.001 | 1.28 (0.07) <.001 |
| Frequency × Quantity (possible range: 0–450) | 24.81 (1.19) | 35.6 (2.93) | 27.77 (0.75) | 40.37 (1.10) | 1.12 (0.10) .224 | 1.13 (0.10) .151 |
| Frequency of binge drinking (Possible range: 0–30) | 1.98 (0.20) | 2.85 (0.27) | 2.32 (0.07) | 3.38 (0.09) | 1.17 (0.12) .133 | 1.19 (0.12) .086 |
Note.
a
SE = standard error; standard errors and p values obtained using Poisson regression.