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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 5.

Multiple regression predicting exit 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) 8.79 .82 10.72** 6.71 .93 7.19** 6.25 .93 6.69** 1.76 .95 1.86
Age −0.08 .02 −0.11 −3.45** −0.06 .02 −0.08 −2.61** −0.06 .02 −.09 −2.75** −0.02 .02 −.02 −0.80
Gender (female referent) −0.12 .28 −0.01 −0.40 −0.27 .28 −0.03 −0.95 −0.38 .28 −.04 −1.34 −0.19 .27 −.02 −0.70
Sexual orientation (Heterosexual referent) 1.43 .31 0.12 4.62** 1.42 .31 0.12 4.63** 1.38 .31 .12 4.52** 1.12 .29 .10 3.86**
Race (white referent) −1.48 .33 −0.13 −4.53** −1.31 .33 −0.12 −3.99** −1.28 .33 −.12 −3.93 −1.12 .31 −.10 −3.63**
Ethnicity (hispanic referent) −1.05 .36 −0.09 −2.91** −1.05 .36 −0.09 −2.95** −1.02 .35 −.08 −2.87 −0.87 .34 −.07 −2.60**
Student Status (Non-student referent) −0.69 .34 −0.06 −2.02* −0.65 .34 −0.06 −1.93 −0.55 .33 −.05 −1.64 −0.28 .32 −.03 −0.87
Employment status (full-time referent) −0.08 .35 −0.01 −0.23 −0.07 .34 −0.01 −0.22 −0.12 .34 −.01 −0.34 0.13 .32 −.01 −0.39
Education level (less than college referent) 0.61 .31 0.06 1.97* 0.53 .31 0.05 1.72 0.68 .31 .06 2.20* 0.53 .29 .05 1.84
Income 0.02 .01 0.08 2.17* 0.02 .01 0.08 2.27* 0.02 .01 .08 2.40* 0.02 .01 .09 2.69**
Marital status (single referent) −0.71 .37 −0.06 −1.90 −0.73 .37 −0.06 −2.00* −0.65 .37 −.05 −1.78 −0.48 .35 −.04 −1.37
Relationship status (no relationship referent) −0.27 .32 −0.02 −0.84 −0.28 .32 −0.02 −0.89 −0.18 .32 −.02 −0.56 −0.31 .30 −.03 −1.05
Size of social group 0.29 .10 0.08 2.94** 0.29 .10 .07 2.96** 0.21 .09 .06 2.27*
Concern about group safety 0.25 .29 0.02 0.84 0.26 .28 .02 0.90 0.40 .27 .04 1.49
Someone takes responsibility for safety (Yes referent) −0.50 .32 −0.04 −1.56 −0.44 .32 −.04 −1.39 −0.08 .30 −.01 −0.27
Frequently drunk group member (no referent) 1.45 .24 0.16 6.02** 1.42 .24 .16 5.93** 1.19 .23 .13 5.26**
Drug use 1.32 .32 .11 4.18** 1.07 .30 .09 3.59**
Passenger 3.88 .32 .36 12.32**
Non-private transportation method 4.71 .45 .31 10.51**
R2 = .05 R2 = .08, ΔR2 = .03, R2 = .09, ΔR2 = .01, R2 = .20, ΔR2 = .10,
F(11,1399) = 6.52** F(4,1395) = 8.36** F(2,1394) = 9.02** F(2,1392) = 18.73**
*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.