TABLE 3.

Covariate estimates of alcohol use and anxious/depressed mood by gender (n = 724)

	Alcohol use			Internalizing symptoms			Externalizing symptoms
	Age 12	Age 15	Age 18	Age 12	Age 15	Age 18	Age 12	Age 15	Age 18
Female
High school	–.26	–.29	–.10	–.40	–.97	.26	.01	.59	–1.24
Latino/Hispanic†	–54	–.23	–.18	1.81	1.34	–1.13	–.58	2.72	–.058
Black†	.11	–1.50	–.85	.80	–.28	–.39	1.27	1.04	2.80
Salary	.14	.001	.11	–.18	.03	.002	–.05	–.11	.139
Male
High school	–.93	–.22	.65	–1.21	.19	2.55 *	–.14	1.35	.16
Latino/Hispanic†	–.66	.54	.38	–.15	2.16	–1.10	–.17	2.22 *	–1.15
Black†	–.68	–.11	.25	.03	2.06	–1.66	.18	1.92	–.54
Salary	.05	.24 *	.06	–.20	.07	–.38	–.17	.10	–.31

Note. The estimates are standardized

^*p < 05

^†Reference = White.