Table 2.
Prevalence of Male and Female Service Member Self-Reported Frequent Binge Drinking on Follow-Up Questionnaire, by Demographics and Deployment Characteristicsa
| Active duty sample (N = 267,100) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | |||
| n = 240,694, 90.1% | n = 26,406, 9.9% | |||
| Characteristicsb | Size of subgroup | Prevalence in subgroup | Size of subgroup | Prevalence in subgroup |
| Dependent variable | ||||
| Frequent binge drinking, n (%) | 50,901 | 21.2% | 1,964 | 7.4% |
| Demographic | ||||
| Age, n (%) | ||||
| 17–24 | 112,007 | 26.0% | 11,941 | 9.8% |
| 25–29 | 58,444 | 21.2% | 6,575 | 7.4% |
| 30–39 | 56,289 | 14.5% | 6,050 | 4.6% |
| 40+ | 13,954 | 9.3% | 1,840 | 2.0% |
| Race/ethnicity, n (%) | ||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 133,484 | 22.2% | 8,978 | 7.6% |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 37,698 | 16.6% | 9,090 | 6.7% |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 37,237 | 21.3% | 3,965 | 8.1% |
| American Indian/Alaskan Native | 2,169 | 24.3% | 395 | 12.2% |
| Hispanic | 26,877 | 22.3% | 3,391 | 7.8% |
| Other/unknown | 3,229 | 15.4% | 587 | 6.6% |
| Marital status, n (%) | ||||
| Never married | 89,016 | 25.8% | 11,106 | 8.8% |
| Married | 141,619 | 18.2% | 11,831 | 6.6% |
| Divorced | 9,400 | 21.0% | 3,248 | 5.7% |
| Other | 659 | 22.6% | 221 | 9.5% |
| Any child dependent eligible for Military Health System benefits, n (%) | ||||
| Has child dependent(s) | 109,172 | 17.2% | 10,098 | 5.8% |
| Does not have child dependent(s) | 131,522 | 24.4% | 16,308 | 8.5% |
| Rank, pay grade, n (%) | ||||
| Junior enlisted (E1-E4) | 135,030 | 24.4% | 14,155 | 9.6% |
| Senior enlisted (E5-E9) | 75,442 | 18.8% | 7,599 | 5.9% |
| Officers | 30,222 | 12.6% | 4,652 | 3.4% |
| Education, n (%) | ||||
| Less than college degree | 207,043 | 22.4% | 20,719 | 8.4% |
| College degree | 30,426 | 12.9% | 5,394 | 3.6% |
| Occupation specialty, n (%) | ||||
| Combat specialist | 83,891 | 23.7% | 969 | 6.2% |
| Healthcare | 13,765 | 16.9% | 4,285 | 6.5% |
| Functional support, service, and supply | 52,230 | 18.6% | 14,130 | 7.5% |
| Mechanical, electrical, engineering | 51,053 | 20.6% | 3,803 | 8.5% |
| Other | 39,076 | 21.5% | 3,165 | 7.4% |
| Deployment | ||||
| Length of index deployment (months), n (%) | ||||
| 1–11 | 82,432 | 18.8% | 9,703 | 6.1% |
| 12 | 81,040 | 21.6% | 8,557 | 7.8% |
| >12 | 77,222 | 23.2% | 8,146 | 8.7% |
| Any prior deployment to index, n (%) | ||||
| Has a prior deployment | 111,343 | 19.9% | 9,447 | 6.9% |
| Does not have a prior deployment | 129,351 | 22.3% | 16,959 | 7.7% |
| Combat Exposure Score, n (%) | ||||
| 0 | 138,088 | 18.9% | 18,813 | 7.0% |
| 1 | 52,436 | 22.1% | 5,612 | 8.0% |
| 2 | 30,498 | 24.8% | 1,786 | 9.8% |
| 3 | 19,672 | 28.7% | 195 | 14.4% |
| Wounded, injured, assaulted or hurt on most recent deployment, n (%) | ||||
| Was wounded, injured, assaulted, or hurt | 40,233 | 23.3% | 4,374 | 9.2% |
| Was not wounded, injured, assaulted, or hurt | 200,461 | 20.7% | 22,032 | 7.1% |
| TBI positive screen, n (%) | ||||
| Screened positive for TBI | 18,088 | 28.7% | 1,152 | 10.5% |
| Did not screen positive for TBI | 222,606 | 20.5% | 25,254 | 7.3% |
a
The follow-up questionnaire was completed 30–300 days after the end of the index deployment. All other variables were assessed on the initial questionnaire (completed within 60 days of the deployment end date).
b
All variables shown were significantly associated with frequent binge drinking at the p < .05 level with the exception of Hispanic ethnicity within the female sample.
TBI, traumatic brain injury.