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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 Nov 3;170:133–141. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.10.031

Table 3.

Trajectory models of heavy drinking by women in the NLSY79

Unadjusted Model Adjusted Model
(N=4,835) (N=4,798)
Coef. (95% CI) P>|t| Coef. (95% CI) P>|t|
Intercept 1.226 (1.109, 1.344) <0.01 1.631 (1.392, 1.87) <.01
Black/African American −0.75 (−0.897, −0.603) <0.01 −0.779 (−0.932, −0.626) <.01
Hispanic/Latino −0.57 (−0.754, −0.387) <0.01 −0.556 (−0.729, −0.384) <.01
Age −0.098 (−0.126, −0.07) <0.01 −0.045 (−0.073, −0.017) <.01
Black X Age 0.136 (0.097, 0.176) <0.01 0.113 (0.071, 0.154) <.01
Hispanic X Age 0.101 (0.059, 0.144) <0.01 0.086 (0.041, 0.13) <.01
Age-squared 0.004 (0.002, 0.006) <0.01 0.001 (−0.001, 0.003) 0.30
Black X Age-squared −0.007 (−0.01, −0.005) <0.01 −0.006 (−0.009, −0.003) <.01
Hispanic X Age-squared −0.006 (−0.009, −0.003) <0.01 −0.005 (−0.008, −0.002) <.01
Age-cubed −0.0001 (−0.0001, −0.00001) 0.02 −0.00001 (−0.0001, 0.00004) 0.76
Black X Age-cubed 0.0001 (0.0001, 0.0002) <0.01 0.0001 (0.00003, 0.0002) 0.01
Hispanic X Age-cubed 0.0001 (0.00004, 0.0002) <0.01 0.0001 (0.00002, 0.0002) 0.01
Below poverty 0.041 (−0.049, 0.132) 0.37
Education −0.055 (−0.071, −0.04) <.01
Single a 0.438 (0.344, 0.531) <.01
Divorced/separated/widoweda 0.28 (0.195, 0.364) <.01
1+ children b −0.129 (−0.194, −0.064) <.01

Note. Coef, coefficient. CI, confidence interval.

a

Currently married as reference.

b

No children as reference.