Table 4.

Predicted probabilities of reasons for not seeking help for alcohol problems by gender and race/ethnicity (weighted sample): NESARC, Wave 1; 2001–2002 (N = 1,012)

	Reasons for not seeking help for alcohol problems
	Structural	Attitudinal	Readiness for change
White Women	0.30	0.90	0.34
White Men	0.28	0.81	0.32
African American Women	0.30	0.83	0.35
African American Men	0.33	0.75	0.28
Latina Women	0.22	0.92	0.19
Latino Men	0.30	0.74	0.29
Differences by gender		White***
within race/ethnicity		African American***	African American ***
	Latino*	Latino***	Latino*

Models used logistic regression and adjusted for age, urbanicity, insurance status, education status, household income, marital status, mental health disorder, and substance use disorder.

^*p < 0.05

^**p < 0.01

^***p < 0.001