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. 2016 Jan 8;77(1):68–76. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2016.77.68

Table 1.

Logistic regression analysis of past year drinking status (use vs. abstention) among individual survey respondents (n = 8,790)

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Variable b z p Δχ2 Δdf p Δχ2df
City fixed effects 138.92 49 <.001 2.84
Gender (female) -6.816 -10.353 <.001 47.21 1 <.001 47.21
Education 94.23 2 <.001 47.12
 High school 0.642 8.647 <.001
 College 0.782 9.159 <.001
Adults per household -0.019 -0.822 n.s. 0.68 1 n.s. 0.68
Age groups, in years 111.16 7 <.001 15.88
 20–24 0.831 6.779 <.001
 25–29 0.384 3.059 .001
 30–39 0.271 2.353 .009
 40–49 0.414 3.599 <.001
 50–59 0.201 1.621 n.s.
 60–69 0.068 0.527 n.s.
 ≥70 -0.162 -1.273 n.s.
Household incomea 285.50 2 <.001 142.75
 Linear 0.021 10.846 <.001
 Quadratic -0.001 -6.085 <.001
Race/ethnicity 127.91 4 <.001 31.97
 Black 0.171 0.989 n.s.
 White 0.626 4.557 <.001
 Asian -0.222 -1.433 n.s.
 Hispanic 0.035 0.251 n.s.

Notes: McFadden Pseudo-R2 = .1192; sensitivity = 72.84%; specificity = 57.48%. n.s. = not significant.

a

Per $1,000 increase.