Table 1.

Individual Sociodemographic and Contextual Characteristics. Mexican Sample of Current Drinkers (n=1,265) from the U.S.-Mexico Study on Alcohol and Related Conditions (UMSARC), 2011–2013.

	n	Percent/Mean (s.d.)
Individual characteristics
Sex
Female	359	35.76
Male	906	64.24
Age
18–24	266	19. 42
25–34	429	31.09
35–44	292	27.40
45–54	162	15.67
55–65	116	6.41
Educational Level
Below university	999	81. 64
Some university or more	266	18.36
Employment
Employed	970	75. 85
Unemployed	66	4.86
Other (student, homemaker, retired, etc.)	229	19.29
Lived entire life in survey city
No	366	29. 58
Yes	899	70.42
Financial hardship index (continuous)a	1,265	2.12 (0.79)
Contextual variables
Neighborhood disadvantage (continuous)b	1,265	−0.61 (0.44)
Neighborhood disadvantage (categorical)
Very low	295	20. 60
Low	343	30.41
Medium	555	44.29
High/very high	72	4.70
Border city
No	406	31.1
Yes	859	68.9

Note: Frequencies not weighted; percentages weighted. s.d. - standard deviation

^aRange: 1 to 4

^bPrincipal exposure of interest