Table 3.

Final logistic regression models of dichotomous alcohol outcomes among male respondents in three waves of the National Alcohol Survey (2000–2010)

	≥3 lifetime dependence symptoms			≥2 lifetime drinking-related consequences			Past-year hazardous drinkinga
Variable	b	SE	P	b	SE	P	b	SE	P
Sexual orientation
Exclusively heterosexualb	ref.	–	–	ref.	–	–	ref.	–	–
Behaviorally discordant heterosexualc	-0.384	0.292	.19	0.160	0.207	.44	-0.227	0.229	.32
Gay/bisexual	0.128	0.244	.60	0.092	0.232	.69	-0.364	0.238	.13
Race/ethnicity
White	ref.	–	–	ref.	–	–	ref.	–	–
Black	-0.309	0.136	.02	-0.488	0.112	<.001	-0.552	0.134	<.001
Latino	0.092	0.115	.43	-0.225	0.101	.03	-0.275	0.113	.02
Interactions
Black × Behaviorally Discordant Heterosexual	1.580	0.596	<.01	–	–	–	–	–	–
Black × Gay/Bisexual	-0.099	0.622	.87	–	–	–	–	–	–
Latino × Behaviorally Discordant Heterosexual	0.336	0.472	.48	–	–	–	–	–	–
Latino × Gay/Bisexual	-1.163	0.594	.05	–	–	–	–	–	–
Age
18–29 years	0.877	0.168	<.001	0.772	0.136	<.001	2.817	0.175	<.001
30–39 years	1.062	0.165	<.001	0.950	0.127	<.001	2.145	0.165	<.001
40–49 years	0.951	0.158	<.001	0.780	0.126	<.001	1.504	0.162	<.001
50–59 years	0.817	0.151	<.001	0.540	0.120	<.001	0.970	0.164	<.001
>60 years	ref.	–	–	ref.	–	–	ref.	–	–
Educational attainment
Less than high school	0.578	0.137	<.001	0.603	0.119	<.001	0.094	0.146	.52
High school graduate	0.577	0.103	<.001	0.512	0.084	<.001	0.194	0.098	.05
Some college	0.473	0.105	<.001	0.415	0.087	<.001	0.157	0.098	.11
Bachelor’s degree or more	ref.	–	–	ref.	–	–	ref.	–	–
Employment status
Employed	ref.	–	–	ref.	–	–	ref.	–	–
Unemployed	0.511	0.199	.01	0.328	0.184	.08	0.157	0.224	.48
Out of the labor force	0.187	0.121	.12	0.097	0.101	.33	-0.122	0.130	.35
Relationship status
Married/cohabitating	ref.	–	–	ref.	–	–	ref.	–	–
Separated/widowed/divorced	0.387	0.117	<.01	0.291	0.098	<.01	0.350	0.117	<.01
Never married	-0.112	0.118	.34	–0.104	0.108	.33	0.272	0.113	.02
Survey year
2000	ref.	–	–	ref.	–	–	ref.	–	–
2005	0.431	0.087	<.001	0.189	0.071	<.01	-0.015	0.082	.85
2010	0.522	0.105	<.001	0.4377	0.0853	<.001	0.196	0.099	.05

Notes: b = logit regression coefficient; ref. = reference.

^aAmong subset of current drinkers (n = 5,822);

^bheterosexual self-identity and only female sex partners;

^cheterosexual self-identity and reporting male sex partners.