Table 3.

Betas from regressions for the effects of civil union passage on hazardous drinking indicators

	Panel A: Heavy episodic drinking (Logistic)						Panel B: Intoxication (Poisson)						Panel C: Alcohol dependency (Poisson)						Panel D: Adverse drinking consequences (Poisson)
	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
	β	(SE)	β	(SE)	β	(SE)	β	(SE)	β	(SE)	β	(SE)	β	(SE)	β	(SE)	β	(SE)	β	(SE)	β	(SE)	β	(SE)

Civil union legislation
Pre-legislation (ref.)
Bill signed	−0.07	0.27	−0.27	0.48	−1.23	0.65^*	−0.10	0.10	−0.22	0.13^†	−0.32	0.18^†	0.05	0.17	−0.17	0.21	−0.35	0.31	−0.57	0.18^***	−0.73	0.22^***	−0.67	0.29^*
Bill enacted	0.45	0.23^*	0.68	0.30^*	−0.08	0.62	−0.04	0.09	0.04	0.11	−0.07	0.18	0.14	0.15	0.16	0.17	−0.12	0.30	−0.33	0.14^*	−0.36	0.17^*	−0.37	0.26
Race/Ethnicity
Black/Latina (ref.)
White	0.10	0.23	−0.17	0.35	−0.06	0.24	0.13	0.09	0.13	0.14	0.13	0.09	−0.15	0.15	−0.29	0.26	−0.16	0.16	−0.01	0.15	−0.13	0.22	−0.01	0.15
Age	−0.06	0.08^***	−0.06	0.00^***	−0.06	0.01^***	−0.04	0.00^***	−0.04	0.00^***	−0.04	0.00^***	−0.03	0.00	−0.03	0.01^***	−0.03	0.01^***	−0.04	0.01	−0.04	0.01	−0.04	0.01
Education
High school or less (ref.)
Some college	−0.63	0.28^*	−0.69	0.28^*	−1.27	0.59^*	−0.39	0.10^***	−0.42	0.10^***	−0.45	0.17^**	−0.40	0.15^**	−0.45	0.15^**	−0.69	0.27^*	−0.48	0.16^**	−0.50	0.16^***	−0.46	0.25^†
College graduate	−0.55	0.29^†	−0.57	0.29^†	−1.58	0.58^**	−0.44	0.11^***	−0.46	0.11^***	−0.59	0.17^*	−0.71	0.18^***	−0.74	0.18^***	−1.09	0.31^***	−0.54	0.18^**	−0.56	0.18^**	−0.66	0.27^*
Sexual Orientation
Exclusively lesbian (ref.)
Mostly lesbian	0.69	0.28^*	0.67	0.28^*	0.80	0.29^**	0.06	0.11	0.05	0.15	0.06	0.11	0.43	0.18^*	0.42	0.18^*	0.45	0.18^*	0.13	0.19	0.13	0.19	0.13	0.19
Bisexual	−0.04	0.25	−0.08	0.25	−0.02	0.26	0.25	0.90^**	0.23	0.13+	0.23	0.09^**	0.81	0.14^***	0.76	0.14^***	0.82	0.15^***	0.70	0.14^***	0.68	0.14^***	0.69	0.15^***
Relationship status
In a relationship (ref.)
Widowed/separated	0.61	0.49	0.63	0.49	0.66	0.51	0.53	0.17^**	0.54	0.17^**	0.52	0.17^**	0.73	0.26^**	0.73	0.26^**	0.71	0.26^**	0.91	0.24^***	0.90	0.24^***	0.89	0.24^***
Single	0.44	0.22^*	0.49	0.22^*	0.50	0.23^*	0.15	0.08^*	0.18	0.08^*	0.17	0.08	0.06	0.13	0.10	0.13	0.08	0.13	0.15	0.13	0.17	0.14	0.15	0.13
Kid in house	−0.52	0.26^*	−0.52	0.26^*	−0.65	0.28^*	−0.02	0.10	−0.02	0.10	−0.03	0.10	−0.43	0.18	−0.43	0.18^*	−0.44	0.18	−0.37	0.18^*	−0.36	0.18^†	−0.37	0.18^†
Bill signed × White			0.75	0.60					0.42	0.21^*					0.81	0.37^*					0.57	0.38
Bill enacted × White			−0.45	0.47					0.18	0.18					−0.06	0.32					0.10	0.29
Bill signed × some college					2.01	0.76^*					0.25	0.25					0.53	0.40					0.01	(0.43)
Bill enacted × some college					0.79	0.70					−0.02	0.22					0.32	0.34					−0.06	(0.33)
Bill signed × college graduate					2.04	0.75^**					0.44	0.25^†					0.74	0.43^†					0.33	(0.43)
Bill enacted × college graduate					1.38	0.66^*					0.10	0.22					0.43	0.37					0.17	(0.35)

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