Table 2.
Alcohol Behavior and Dependence | Farmworkers n=235 |
Non-farmworkers n=212 |
p-value* | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | ||
Never Drank Alcohol | 41 | 17.5 | 35 | 16.5 | 0.7922 |
Drink Beer | 0.3884 | ||||
Not at all | 81 | 34.5 | 87 | 41.0 | |
Once a month or less | 46 | 19.6 | 40 | 18.9 | |
2–3 times per month | 49 | 20.9 | 33 | 15.6 | |
At least once per week or daily | 59 | 25.1 | 52 | 24.5 | |
Drink Wine | 13 | 5.5 | 17 | 8.0 | 0.2940 |
Drink Liquor | 14 | 6.0 | 24 | 11.3 | 0.0423 |
Any Alcohol Consumption** | 0.3367 | ||||
Not at all | 81 | 34.5 | 86 | 40.6 | |
Once a month or less | 44 | 18.7 | 41 | 19.3 | |
2–3 times per month | 51 | 21.7 | 33 | 15.6 | |
At least once per week or daily | 59 | 25.1 | 52 | 24.5 | |
Typical Alcohol Consumption*** | 0.4585 | ||||
Did not drink | 81 | 34.5 | 86 | 41.7 | |
1 to 4 drinks per day | 72 | 30.6 | 55 | 26.7 | |
5 to 8 drinks per day | 42 | 17.9 | 35 | 17.0 | |
9 or more drinks per day | 40 | 17.0 | 30 | 14.6 | |
Heavy Episodic Drinking (HED)† | 0.3084 | ||||
No HED | 121 | 51.5 | 114 | 58.8 | |
Seldom HED | 58 | 24.7 | 39 | 20.1 | |
Frequent HED | 56 | 23.8 | 41 | 21.1 | |
CAGE | |||||
Impression should drink less | 123 | 52.3 | 52 | 24.5 | <0.0001 |
Bothered by criticism | 60 | 25.5 | 22 | 10.4 | <0.0001 |
Felt bad or guilty | 71 | 30.2 | 33 | 15.6 | 0.0003 |
Drink first thing in the morning | 35 | 14.9 | 16 | 7.6 | 0.0147 |
Sum | <0.0001 | ||||
0 | 95 | 40.4 | 144 | 67.9 | |
1 | 51 | 21.7 | 34 | 16.0 | |
2 | 46 | 19.6 | 17 | 8.0 | |
3 | 26 | 11.1 | 13 | 6.1 | |
4 | 17 | 7.2 | 4 | 1.9 | |
Alcohol Dependence | 89 | 37.9 | 34 | 16.0 | <0.0001 |
Chi-Square or Fisher’s Exact test
Maximum frequency of beer, wine, or liquor
Missing 6 observations for non-farmworkers
Missing 18 observations for non-farmworkers