Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of older at-risk drinkers in the Project SHARE study

	Overall (N=1,049)	Intervention (N=439)	Control (N=610)
	Percent	Percent	Percent	p-value
Intervention group
Intervention	46.0%	100%	0%	NA
Control	54.0%	0%	100%
Risk factors
Alcohol & Medications	60.7%	60.6%	60.8%	0.95
Alcohol & Symptoms	61.3%	59.7%	62.7%	0.30
Alcohol Behaviors	61.2%	61.5%	64.5%	0.29
Demographics
Male	65.7%	62.5%	68.4%	0.03
Race/ethnicity
Latino	5.9%	5.4%	6.3%	0.50
White	97.3%	96.9%	97.6%	0.34
Black	0.3%	0.4%	0.3%
American Indian	1.5%	1.3%	1.6%
Asian	0.9%	1.5%	0.5%
Marital status
Married	76.2%	72.2%	79.7%	0.01
Widowed	11.4%	13.5%	9.6%
Divorced/Separated	10.1%	12.2%	8.2%
Never Married	2.3%	2.0%	2.5%
Education
Less than HS	3.2%	3.2%	3.2%	0.28
HS Grad	10.5%	11.6%	9.6%
Some College	27.0%	28.9%	25.4%
College Grad	24.8%	25.0%	24.7%
Graduate School	34.6%	31.5%	37.2%
Household income ($)
Less than 30,000	10.8%	13.5%	8.4%	0.02
30,000–40,000	8.4%	9.4%	7.6%
40,001–60,000	16.8%	16.2%	17.3%
60,001–80,000	16.9%	18.8%	15.2%
80,001–100,000	16.1%	13.9%	18.0%
100,001–200,000	21.1%	19.2%	22.7%
over 200,000	9.9%	9.0%	10.7%
Age (yrs)
60 to 64	21.6%	19.6%	23.3%	0.08
65 to 69	28.4%	29.3%	27.7%
70 to 74	19.1%	16.9%	20.9%
75 to 79	16.2%	18.3%	14.4%
80 and older	14.8%	15.9%	13.8%
Own home	88.3%	88.6%	88.1%	0.77