Table 2.

Estimated standardized effects of background and mediating factors on frequency of adult binge drinking

Variable	Adolescent alcohol						Peer alcohol						Frequency adult binge
	Males			Females			Males			Females			Males			Females
	β	st. β	P	β	st. β	P	β	st. β	P	β	st. β	P	β	st. β	P	β	st. β	P
SES	0.12	0.27	0.00	−0.04	−0.07	0.41	−0.00	−0.01	0.92	−0.03	−0.08	0.41	0.04	0.08	0.45	0.002	0.01	0.95
Minority	0.20	0.05	0.51	0.31	0.09	0.29	0.09	0.03	0.78	0.07	0.02	0.77	0.44	0.09	0.31	−0.27	−0.08	0.36
Child welfare	0.45	0.14	0.10	−0.32	−0.10	0.27	−0.48	−0.19	0.04	−0.36	−0.14	0.14	0.25	0.07	0.54	0.28	0.10	0.37
Family alcohol problems	0.53	0.16	0.03	−0.61	−0.18	0.04	0.69	0.26	0.00	0.43	0.16	0.06	0.42	0.11	0.24	0.49	0.17	0.19
Childhood sexual abuse	−0.10	−0.03	0.71	0.01	0.004	0.96	0.33	0.12	0.12	0.51	0.20	0.03	0.12	0.03	0.74	0.44	0.16	0.03
Adolescent alcohol	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0.47	0.42	0.01	0.44	0.51	0.00
Peer alcohol	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	−0.42	−0.30	0.07	−0.14	−0.13	0.37

Significant effects are highlighted with bold text.