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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2016 Jun 9;161:178–194. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.06.009

Table 1.

Characteristics of papers (n=97) reporting findings on discrimination and alcohol outcomes, 1980–2015.

n (%)
Discrimination type
 Racial/ethnic 68 (70)
 Sexual orientation 16 (16)
 Gender 3 (3)
 Age 1 (1)
 Multiple/generalized 9 (9)
Theoretical or conceptual foundation
 Explicit 28 (29)
 Implied 10 (10)
 None 59 (61)
Study design
 Cross-sectional 78 (80)
 Longitudinal 17 (18)
 Experiment 2 (2)
Sampling strategy
 Probability 47 (48)
 Non-probability 46 (47)
 Not reported 4 (4)
Sample size
 <100 3 (3)
 100–499 35 (36)
 500–999 18 (19)
 1000–4999 30 (31)
 ≥5000 11 (11)
Study setting
 US 87 (90)
 Non-US 8 (8)
 Not reported 2 (2)
Study scope
 National 29 (30)
 State/province/region 30 (31)
 City/community 36 (37)
 Not reported 2 (2)
Quality index
 Low 26 (27)
 Moderate 60 (62)
 High 11 (11)