Table 3.
Results of latent class analysis in the two Wave I random half-samples [Conditional probabilities given class membership, from Latent Gold 4.0]
| Variable | Abstainers |
Low-intake Drinkers |
Non–problem Drinkers |
Problem Drinkers |
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| Half 1 | Half 2 | Half 1 | Half 2 | Half 1 | Half 2 | Half 1 | Half 2 | |
| Drank >2–3 times ever | ||||||||
| No | .836 | .828 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .001 | .001 |
| Yes | .164 | .172 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .999 | .999 |
| Drinking frequency/year | ||||||||
| None | 1.000 | 1.000 | .001 | .001 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Once/year to 2–3days/month | .000 | .000 | .952 | .961 | .887 | .834 | .080 | .087 |
| Once/week plus | .000 | .000 | .048 | .039 | .113 | .166 | .920 | .913 |
| Usual intake | ||||||||
| None | 1.000 | 1.000 | .001 | .001 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1 Drink | .000 | .000 | .510 | .500 | .033 | .047 | .014 | .013 |
| 2–6 Drinks | .000 | .000 | .476 | .482 | .624 | .637 | .487 | .443 |
| 7+ Drinks | .000 | .000 | .013 | .017 | .343 | .316 | .500 | .544 |
| Times drunk/year | ||||||||
| None | 1.000 | 1.000 | .906 | .846 | .133 | .138 | .000 | .001 |
| Once/year to 2–3 days/month | .000 | .000 | .094 | .154 | .839 | .832 | .206 | .254 |
| Once/week plus | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .028 | .030 | .794 | .746 |
| Frequency 5+ drinks/occasion | ||||||||
| None | 1.000 | 1.000 | .917 | .920 | .187 | .140 | .000 | .000 |
| Once/year to 2–3 days/month | .000 | .000 | .083 | .080 | .765 | .798 | .087 | .093 |
| Once/week plus | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .049 | .062 | .913 | .907 |
| Negative consequences | ||||||||
| 0–2 | .998 | .998 | .972 | .984 | .758 | .713 | .387 | .417 |
| 3+ | .002 | .002 | .028 | .016 | .242 | .287 | .613 | .583 |
Note: Bold indicates high conditional probabilities (≤.50).