Table 1.
Characteristics of women in study (N = 548).
| Characteristics | Alcohol misuse
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Depressive symptoms
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No drinking
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Low-risk drinking
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High-risk drinking
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p | Low
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High
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p | ||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
| High school education | 69 | 73% | 264 | 76% | 71 | 68% | .203 | 234 | 80% | 170 | 67% | <.001 |
| Employed | 22 | 23% | 121 | 35% | 37 | 35% | .074 | 100 | 34% | 80 | 31% | .456 |
| Married/living with partner | 72 | 75% | 253 | 73% | 55 | 52% | <.001 | 232 | 79% | 148 | 58% | <.001 |
| Have children | 84 | 88% | 271 | 79% | 73 | 70% | .009 | 232 | 80% | 196 | 77% | .414 |
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| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | p | M | SD | M | SD | p | |
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| Age, years | 38.70 | 8.20 | 36.80 | 8.49 | 36.50 | 8.85 | .115 | 36.78 | 8.11 | 37.41 | 8.98 | 0.386 |
| Time living in the US, years | 10.88 | 8.69 | 10.50 | 9.52 | 14.94 | 13.26 | <.001 | 10.54 | 9.62 | 12.41 | 11.02 | 0.034 |
| Education, years | 13.31 | 3.55 | 13.46 | 3.36 | 13.10 | 3.67 | .643 | 13.90 | 3.26 | 12.41 | 11.02 | <.001 |
| Number of children | 1.84 | 1.31 | 1.59 | 1.31 | 1.45 | 1.52 | .113 | 1.60 | 1.31 | 1.61 | 1.40 | 0.918 |
Note: Bold indicates statistically significant difference between groups.