TABLE 1.

Descriptive Statistics

	Mothers (n = 158)		Daughters (n = 158)
	n	%	n	%
Heavy Drinking Indicators
Beer	32	20.3	47	29.7
Liquor	29	18.4	62	39.2
Wine	8	5.1	6	3.8
Wine Cooler	5	3.2	3	1.9
Alcohol Heavy Use
(At least one the above indicators)	49	31.0	88	55.7
Demographic Variables
Employment: Yes (versus No)	70	44.3	93	58.9
Education: Low (versus High)	49	31.0	39	24.7
Birthplace: Foreign (versus U.S. born)	132	83.5	85	53.8

	Range	Mean	SD	Range	Mean	SD
Total Score Scales
Attachment	41.0–124.0	92.48	17.70	43.0–125.0	89.96	19.13
Social Support	25.0–80.0	65.75	10.47	24.0–80.0	67.39	10.40
Chronic Stress	26.0–66.2	40.64	9.08	26.0–63.1	39.19	9.04
Other Demographics
Age in Years	33.0–88.0	52.30	9.87	18.0–55.0	27.71	9.21
% of Time in US	0.7–100.0	47.29	34.14	2.6–100.0	64.87	36.79

Notes:

One drink is defined as: 10 to 12 oz of beer at 4 to 5% alcohol, or 8 to 12 oz of wine cooler at 4 to 6% alcohol, or 4 to 5 oz of table wine at 9 to 12% alcohol, or 2.5 oz of fortified wine at 20% alcohol, or 1.25 oz of SO-proof distilled spirits at 40% alcohol, or 1 oz of 100 proof distilled spirits at 50% alcohol. The outcome variable, heavy drinking status, is defined as consuming: (a) three drinks or more per day of beer, or (b) three drinks or more per day of wine cooler, or (c) four drinks or more per day of wine, or (d) three drinks or more per day of liquor.

Education (Low versus High): Low is defined as high school or less; High is defined as more than high school, that is, training post high school, college and more.

Birth Place (Foreign born versus U.S. born): Foreign born is defined as born in the Caribbean, Central America and South America.

SD: Standard deviation (square root of the variance)