Table 1.

Drinking status, hazardous drinking, drug use and religiosity by sexual orientation (full sample).

	Exclusively heterosexual (n=10,723)	Heterosexual identity/same sex partners (n=184)	Bisexual (n=140)	Lesbian (n=122)

	%	%	%	%

Religiosity^***

Important (very) ^a	62.2	43.0	34.2	31.3

Religious Norms^***
Unfavorable drinking norms^b	43.2	45.4	30.4	16.8

Drinking status^***
Current drinker	60.7	75.4	72.6	79.8
Ex-drinker	14.3	12.3	13.0	10.1
Lifetime abstainers ^a	25.0	12.3	14.4	10.1
Hazardous drinking (past year)^***
5+ Drinks on one or more occasions ^a	2.2	7.3	12.3	6.7
Intoxication 2+ times a year^a	16.9	38.6	39.7	38.7
1+ Consequences ^c	1.6	4.5	3.4	5.8
1+ Dependence symptoms ^a	3.1	8.9	8.9	7.6
2+ Hazardous drinking Index ^a	10.7	31.3	32.2	28.3
Drug Use (past year)^***
Any drug (marijuana or other illegal drug use)^a	17.7	36.0	44.1	33.0

^***

all between group Chi square p < 0.001

p < 0.05 exclusively heterosexual group significantly different than all other groups

p < 0.05 lesbian group significantly lower than exclusively heterosexual group, heterosexuals with same-sex partners, and bisexual group

p < 0.05 exclusively heterosexual group significantly lower than heterosexuals with same-sex partners and lesbians; difference between exclusively heterosexual and bisexual women approached but did not reach significance.