Table 4.

Linear Regression Predicting Weekly Average Number of Drinks (logarithmic transformation)

	Coefficient	SE	95% CI
Employment Status (Ref: Employed full-time)
Unemployed	−0.02	0.13	−0.30 0.24
Employed part-time	0.08	0.11	−0.14 - 0.30
Not in workforce	−0.20	0.11	−0.42 - 0.01
Religion (Ref: Catholic)
Protestant	−0.29 **	0.09	−0.47 - −0.10
Other religious preference	−0.20	0.14	−0.49 - 0.08
No religious preference	0.24 *	0.10	0.05 - 0.44
Income (Ref: $0-$10,000)
$10,001-$20,000	−0.06	0.11	−0.28 - 0.16
$20,001-$30,000	0.09	0.13	−0.16 - 0.35
$30,001-$40,000	0.03	0.16	−0.28 - 0.34
$40,001-$60,000	0.07	0.16	−0.24 - 0.38
$60,001+	0.20	0.17	−0.14 - 0.53
Education (Ref: College degree)
Less than high school	−0.14	0.14	−0.42 - 0.14
High school diploma	−0.13	0.10	−0.33 - 0.08
Some college/technical/vocation	−0.01	0.07	−0.16 - 0.13
Marital Status (Ref: Married/living with someone)
Married not living with spouse/legally separated/divorced	0.12 ***	0.09	−0.07 - 0.30
Widowed	−0.03	0.18	−0.38 - 0.33
Never married	0.15	0.08	−0.01 - 0.30
Age (Ref: 18-29 years)
30-39 years	−0.13	0.11	−0.35 - 0.08
40-49 years	−0.51 ***	0.10	−0.71 - −0.30
50+ years	−0.34 **	0.10	−0.54 - −0.13
Gender (Ref: Female)
Male	0.58 ***	0.08	0.42 - 0.75

Notes: Ref. = Reference group; SE = Standard error; CI = Confidence interval;

^*p < 0.05;

^**p < 0.01;

^***p < 0.001.