Table 1.

Baseline Sample Characteristics by Neighborhood Type

	Full Sample (N=616)		Residents in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods (N=57)		Residents in Non-disadvantaged Neighborhoods (N=559)		pvalue1
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Male	369	59.9	34	59.7	335	59.9
Race/Ethnicity (N=612)							<0.001
Caucasian/White	439	71.7	19	33.3	420	75.7
African American/Black	51	8.3	23	40.4	28	5.1
Hispanic	73	11.9	13	22.8	60	10.8
Other	49	8.0	2	3.5	47	8.5
Age
Under	30	245	39.8	28	49.1	217	38.8
30–44	240	39.0	19	33.3	221	39.5
45 or older	131	21.3	10	17.5	121	21.7
Marital Status (N=614)							0.033
Married/Partnered	250	40.7	14	24.6	236	42.4
Separated/Divorced/Widowed	125	20.4	15	26.3	110	19.8
Never married	239	38.9	28	49.1	211	37.9
Educational Attainment (N=615)							0.001
High school degree or less	311	50.6	41	71.9	270	48.4
More than high school	304	49.4	16	28.1	288	51.6
Household Income of $25K or
Greater (N=604)	416	68.9	26	46.4	390	71.2	<0.001
Parental History of Alcohol or Drug
Problems (N=605)	250	41.3	23	40.4	227	41.4
ASI Problem Severity2
Alcohol (N=614)	306	49.8	26	45.6	280	50.3
Drug or psychiatric	411	66.7	41	71.9	370	66.2

Notes: The analytic sample consists of those who provided information about their neighborhood at baseline and information to determine whether they could be classified as a heavy drinker at follow-up. Valid percentages displayed; sample sizes for variables with missing data are noted in parentheses.

¹All other p-values > 0.10.

²Indicator of a score above the median domain score for the sample.