Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for total population and stratified by interview date

	Total Population		Pre-Signed		Bill Signed		Bill Enacted
			37.30%		22.90%		39.80%
	M/%	(SE)	M/%	(SE)	M/%	(SE)	M/%	(SE)
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	37.20		43.01		26.83		37.90
Black/Latina	62.80		56.99		73.17	*	62.10
Age	40.21	0.62	41.46	1.07	40.42	1.34	39.99	0.91
Education
High school or less	22.06		13.99		30.08	*	24.66
Some college	33.27		31.61		34.96		33.79
College graduate	44.67		54.40		34.96	**	41.55
Sexual orientation
Exclusively lesbian	59.18		64.77		65.04		50.91	*
Mostly lesbian	16.10		19.69		11.38		15.60
Bisexual	24.72		15.54		23.58		33.49	**
Relationship status
In a relationship	62.10		60.42		56.91		66.51
Widowed/separated	4.32		5.73		3.25		3.67
Single	33.58		33.85		39.84		29.82	*
Child in the house	18.73		20.21		18.70		17.43
Stigma consciousness	0.00	0.02	0.08	0.04	−0.02	0.05	−0.08	0.04*
Discrimination	0.81	0.04	0.90	0.09	0.80	0.11	0.71	0.07
Depressive symptoms	6.80	0.25	6.74	0.39	6.24	0.50	7.17	0.42
Heavy episodic drinking	39.30		34.72		34.96		45.87	*
Intoxication	1.35	0.08	1.32	0.12	1.32	0.17	1.39	0.12
Alcohol dependency	0.51	0.05	0.42	0.07	0.51	0.10	0.59	0.08
Adverse drinking consequences	0.50	0.05	0.58	0.08	0.38	0.07	0.51	0.08

Source: Chicago Health and Life Experiences of Women Survey

Notes:

^†p < .10,

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01,

^***p < .001;

SE =Standard Error; Regression type in parentheses; N =517