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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transp Res Part F Traffic Psychol Behav. 2015 Jul 1;32:11–22. doi: 10.1016/j.trf.2015.04.009

Table 3.

Multiple regression predicting entry BAC (demographics, group characteristics, drug use, transportation method).

N = 1414 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4




B SE β t B SE β t B SE β t B SE β t
(Constant) 6.28 .64 9.80** 4.30 .73 5.86** 3.90 .73 5.32** 1.65 .77 2.15
Age −0.10 .02 −.18 −5.56** −0.09 .02 −.15 −4.69** −0.09 .02 −.02 −4.86** −.07 .02 −.11 −3.61**
Gender (female referent) 0.20 .22 .02 0.87 0.09 .22 .01 0.42 −0.03 .22 .00 −0.02 0.08 .22 .01 0.35
Sexual orientation (heterosexual referent) 1.20 .24 .13 4.93** 1.24 .24 .13 5.12** 1.20 .24 .13 5.01** 1.04 .24 .11 4.41**
Race (white referent) −1.45 .26 −.17 −5.65** −1.40 .26 −.16 −5.46** −1.39 .26 −.16 −5.42** −1.29 .25 −.15 −5.14**
Ethnicity (hispanic referent) −0.75 .28 −.08 −2.64** −0.76 .28 −.08 −2.71** −0.73 .28 −.08 −2.62** −0.65 .27 −.07 −2.40*
Student status (non-student referent) −0.32 .27 −.04 −1.18 −0.28 .26 −.03 −1.05 −0.19 .26 −.02 −0.71 −0.06 .26 −.01 −0.22
Employment status (full-time referent) 0.06 .27 .01 0.23 0.07 .27 .01 0.26 0.04 .27 .00 0.14 0.04 .26 .01 0.16
Education Level (less than college referent) 0.54 .24 .06 2.22* 0.49 .24 .06 2.01* 0.62 .24 .07 2.56* 0.55 .24 .07 2.34*
Income 0.02 .01 .11 3.18** 0.02 .01 .12 3.35** 0.02 .01 .12 3.50** 0.02 .01 .12 3.65**
Marital status (single referent) −0.41 .29 −.04 −1.39 −0.44 .29 −.04 −1.52 −0.37 .29 −.04 −1.29 −0.28 .28 −.03 −1.01
Relationship status (no relationship referent) −0.01 .25 −.00 −0.05 −0.02 .25 −.00 −0.06 0.08 .25 .01 0.31 0.01 .24 .00 0.03
Size of social group 0.28 .08 .10 3.64** 0.28 .08 .10 3.67** 0.25 .08 .08 3.27**
Concern about group safety 0.37 .23 .04 1.63 0.38 .22 .05 1.70 0.46 .22 .05 2.09*
Someone takes responsibility for safety (yes referent) −0.11 .25 −.01 −0.44 −0.06 .25 −.01 −0.24 0.15 .25 .02 0.60
Frequently drunk group member (no referent) 0.97 .19 .13 5.13** 0.95 .19 .13 5.04** 0.83 .19 .11 4.47**
Drug use 1.67 .25 .12 4.71** 1.05 .24 .11 4.32**
Passenger 1.83 .26 .21 7.13**
Non-private transportation method 2.58 .37 .21 7.07**
R2 = .07, R2 = .10, ΔR2 = .03, R2 = .11, ΔR2 = .01, R2 = .15, ΔR2 = .04,
F(11,1399) = 9.1** F(4,1395) = 10.0** F(1,1394) = 10.8** F(2,1392) = 13.7**
*

p < .05.

**

p< .01.