Table 1.
Correlations and descriptive statistics for study variables
| Variable | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 12. | 13. | 14. |
| 1. W6 age | . – | .02 | .06 | -.30*** | -.17*** | -.04 | -.07 | -.04 | -.15*** | -.16*** | -.13*** | -.08* | -.14*** | -.08* |
| 2. W6 marital statusa | .12** | . – | -.01 | -.53*** | .08* | .08* | -.03 | -.03 | -.04 | .01 | .08* | .07 | .06 | .05 |
| 3. W6 education | -.09 | .02 | . – | .24*** | .05 | -.01 | .03 | .07 | -.03 | .00 | -.02 | .12** | -.01 | -.04 |
| 4. W6 income | -.34*** | -.17*** | .36*** | . – | -.03 | -.18*** | .13** | .10* | .01 | .04 | .00 | .01 | -.00 | .01 |
| 5. W6 SLEs | -.13** | .02 | .06 | -.00 | . – | .37*** | .02 | -.03 | .12** | .16*** | .14*** | .09* | .19*** | .15*** |
| 6. W7 SLEs | -.07 | .03 | .00 | -.00 | .41*** | . – | .04 | .02 | .13*** | .08* | .16*** | .19*** | .19*** | .22*** |
| 7. W6 QFI | .01 | .09 | .03 | .07 | -.01 | -.04 | – | .75*** | .40*** | .30*** | .60*** | .48*** | .35*** | .37*** |
| 8. W7 QFI | .03 | .12** | .07 | .09* | -.01 | -.05 | .84*** | – | .11** | .13*** | .46*** | .60*** | .34*** | .35*** |
| 9. W6 HED | .02 | .09* | -.05 | .01 | .03 | -.02 | .57*** | .44*** | – | .77*** | .58*** | .14*** | .19*** | .21*** |
| 10. W7 HED | .01 | .10* | -.08 | -.00 | -.11* | -.04 | .45*** | .50*** | .63*** | – | .46*** | .16*** | .13** | .12** |
| 11. W6 AP | -.15** | .16*** | .01 | -.01 | .08 | -.00 | .61*** | .54*** | .32*** | .34*** | – | .68*** | .41*** | .42*** |
| 12. W7 AP | -.04 | .10* | .05 | .04 | .03 | .07 | .57*** | .60*** | .32*** | .44*** | .63*** | – | .41*** | .47*** |
| 13. W6 CMD | -.11* | .06 | .01 | .04 | .15** | .08 | .22*** | .23*** | .10* | .11* | .40*** | .29*** | – | .77*** |
| 14. W7 CMD | -.05 | .09 | -.04 | -.00 | .08 | .11* | .20*** | .23*** | .04 | .11* | .38*** | .28*** | .81*** | .– |
| Women | ||||||||||||||
| M | 55.29*** | 1.20*** | 13.81*** | 6.87*** | 2.71*** | 3.36*** | 5.62*** | 5.76*** | 0.19*** | 0.15*** | 0.58*** | 0.45* | 7.62* | 7.41* |
| SD | 4.50 | 0.37 | 2.19 | 1.40 | 2.02 | 2.56 | 9.44 | 10.13 | 1.16 | 0.92 | 1.07 | 0.87 | 2.78 | 2.97 |
| Men | ||||||||||||||
| M | 57.57 | 1.08 | 14.48 | 7.37 | 2.23 | 2.82 | 12.38 | 12.34 | 0.68 | 0.71 | 0.92 | 0.57 | 8.04 | 7.80 |
| SD | 5.38 | 0.26 | 2.55 | 0.94 | 1.83 | 2.25 | 18.00 | 18.21 | 2.57 | 2.23 | 1.44 | 0.93 | 2.82 | 2.97 |
Notes: Women: n = 716; Men: n = 505. Women’s correlations are above the diagonal; men’s correlations are below the diagonal. W = wave; SLEs = stressful life events; QFI = Quantity–Frequency Index; HED = heavy episodic drinking; AP = alcohol problems; CMD = coping motives for drinking.
a
Marital status: 1 = married; 2 = not married.
*
p < .05;
**
p < .01;
***
p < .001