Table 1.

Sample characteristics, 2010 U.S. National Alcohol Survey landline respondents

Variable	Whites (n = 3,133) %b	African Americansa (n = 1,111) %b	Hispanics (n = 964) %b
Male	48.4	49.2	50.1
Mean age**	48.2	42.5	39.8
18–29	17.1	28.0	28.5
30–49	37.9	38.8	46.5
≥50	45.0	33.2	25.0
Marital status**
Married/partnered	67.9	42.7	68.2
Separated/divorced/widowed	14.8	19.3	10.6
Never married	17.3	38.0	21.2
Incomec,**
≤$20,000	17.0	41.6	30.4
$20,001–$40,000	19.7	18.6	24.2
$40,001–$60,000	13.7	10.2	10.8
>$60,000	36.5	17.5	17.0
Missing	13.1	12.1	17.6
Education**
Less than high school	10.1	20.1	35.8
High school graduate	31.0	35.3	27.5
Some college education	29.1	23.6	26.6
College degree or more	29.8	21.0	10.1
Biological parent with history of alcohol problem	24.2	23.3	28.4
Alcohol-related health problem before recession	14.9	12.3	15.3
Personal recession-related job loss in past year*	7.0	9.0	11.5
DSM-5 AUD, ≥2 symptom domains in past year	9.1	9.9	7.4
DSM-5 moderate or severe AUD, ≥4 symptom domains past year	2.9	4.4	3.4

Notes: DSM-5 = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition; AUD = alcohol use disorder.

^aIncludes Hispanic Blacks/African Americans.

^bAll percentages are weighted; weighted n*s: 3,676 Whites; 668 Blacks; 644 Hispanics.

^cIn U.S. dollars.

^*Significant racial/ethnic differences, p < .05;

^**significant racial/ethnic differences, p < .01.