Table 1.
Descriptive demographic characteristics by drinking status among Puerto Rican adults (n 1472) aged 45–75 years from the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study (BPRHS) cohort, 2004–2009
| Drinking status | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | |||||||||||||||
| LA (n 35)† | FD (n 174)‡ | MD (n 134)§ | HD (n 93)|| | LA (n 407)¶ | FD (n 261)†† | MD (n 286)‡‡ | HD (n 82)§§ | |||||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Age (years)|||| | 55·9 | 8·3 | 57·2 | 7·9 | 56·7 | 8·1 | 54·7 | 6·9 | 58·5 | 7·7 | 58·0 | 7·4 | 55·9 | 7·0 | 53·4 | 5·5 |
| Education | ||||||||||||||||
| Elementary/middle | 20 | 57·1 | 81 | 46·5 | 51 | 38·6 | 39 | 41·9 | 226 | 55·5 | 114 | 43·9 | 116 | 40·5 | 37 | 45·1 |
| High school | 13 | 37·1 | 71 | 40·8 | 52 | 39·4 | 45 | 48·4 | 132 | 32·4 | 106 | 40·8 | 107 | 37·4 | 32 | 39·0 |
| Post-secondary | 2 | 5·7 | 22 | 12·6 | 29 | 22·0 | 9 | 9·7 | 49 | 12·0 | 40 | 15·4 | 63 | 22·0 | 13 | 15·9 |
| Married | 17 | 48·6 | 89 | 51·2 | 63 | 47·0 | 36 | 39·3 | 114 | 28·2 | 52 | 20·1 | 82 | 28·7 | 22 | 26·8 |
| Income ($US)¶¶ | 9768 | 9516 | 12 702 | 15 122 | 13 500 | 19 512 | 12 600 | 9944 | 9846 | 7164 | 9984 | 7872 | 13 224 | 15 780 | 11 472 | 15 600 |
| Unemployed | 28 | 82·4 | 138 | 80·7 | 88 | 66·7 | 67 | 72·8 | 268 | 83·5 | 197 | 87·6 | 181 | 71·5 | 56 | 78·9 |
| Language preference | ||||||||||||||||
| English | 2 | 5·7 | 11 | 6·4 | 16 | 11·9 | 7 | 7·5 | 10 | 2·5 | 16 | 6·2 | 24 | 8·5 | 7 | 8·6 |
| Spanish | 28 | 80·0 | 124 | 71·7 | 87 | 64·9 | 69 | 74·2 | 325 | 81·1 | 190 | 73·9 | 203 | 71·7 | 59 | 72·8 |
| Both equally | 5 | 14·3 | 38 | 22·0 | 31 | 23·1 | 17 | 18·3 | 69 | 16·5 | 51 | 19·8 | 56 | 19·8 | 15 | 18·5 |
| Lives alone | 13 | 37·1 | 64 | 36·8 | 55 | 41·0 | 38 | 40·9 | 137 | 33·7 | 109 | 41·8 | 90 | 31·5 | 25 | 30·5 |
LA, lifetime abstainer; FD, former drinker; MD, moderate drinker; HD, heavy drinker.
Data are presented as n and % except where noted.
Sample size: income, n 33.
Sample size: income, n 164; language preference, n 173.
Sample size: income, n 125; education, n 132.
Sample size: income, n 85; married, n 92.
Sample size: income, n 386; married, n 405; language preference, n 401.
Sample size: income, n 247; education, n 260; married n 259; working, n 260; language preference, n 257.
Sample size: income, n 275; language preference, n 283.
Sample size: income, n 75; language preference, n 81.
Data are presented as mean and standard deviation.
Data are presented as median and interquartile range.