Table 2.

Percent gambled, percent problem gambling (4+ non-redundant symptoms from SOGS, DIS and CPGI), percent drank alcohol and percent alcohol abuse or alcohol dependence in the past year for Native Americans (NA) and the US population (weighted)

Population group	% Gambled past year	% Problem gambling (4+ items on 3 scales)	% Drank alcohol past year	% Alcohol abuse or dependence past year
Comparison group
US sample—not Native Americans (n = 2,925)	77	8	68	4.3
Native American sample (unweighted n = 415; weighted n = 400)	80	18	47	5.5
Grew up on reservation (199)	84	26	44	6.8
Did not grow up on reservation (199)	76	12	50	4.2
Currently lives on reservation (212)	84	24	45	5.6
Does not live on reservation (188)	75	12	50	5.4
Alcohol legal on reservation (95)	82	13	40	0
Alcohol not legal on reservation (117)	85	34	49	10
Gambling legal on reservation (179)	86	28	47	5.6
Gambling not legal on reservation (31)	71	6	28	5.6
Do you speak your NA tribal language...
Not at all (128)	71	11	47	4.4
A little (169)	89	23	51	7.1
Moderately well (41)	90	17	57	6.7
Very well (62)	66	22	33	2.8
Do you have a NA name?
Yes (134)	82	24	46	6.1
No (265)	79	15	48	5.2
Number of NA activities
Low third (0–6) (148)	73	11	42	1.3
Medium third (7–54) (123)	85	25	57	11.2
High third (55+) (128)	83	21	45	4.9
Live by NA way of life
Low third (i.e., not at all) (149)	79	13	52	4.2
Medium third (108)	82	26	47	6.6
High third (i.e., a lot) (143)	80	19	44	6.0
Live by White American way
Low third (i.e., not at all) (134)	78	26	41	6.8
Medium third (128)	77	16	48	4.1
High third (i.e., a lot) (135)	85	13	53	5.7
Native American identity
Low quartile (102)	81	17	54	6.8
Second quartile (116)	79	21	47	0.7
Third quartile (89)	87	21	54	12.0
High quartile (93)	74	14	35	3.9