Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics: U.S. 12th Grade Alcohol Users, 2005–2016
| %/Mean | SE | Range | % Missing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Outcome: Drinking Categorya | 0.0 | |||
| < 5 drinks | 72.4 | 0.57 | (0, 1) | |
| 5–9 drinks | 13.8 | 0.35 | (0, 1) | |
| 10–14 drinks | 6.8 | 0.27 | (0, 1) | |
| 15+ drinks | 7.0 | 0.27 | (0, 1) | |
| Covariates | ||||
| Gender | 7.0 | |||
| Female | 52.4 | 0.58 | (0, 1) | |
| Male | 47.6 | 0.58 | (0, 1) | |
| Race/ethnicity | 6.8 | |||
| White | 64.8 | 1.08 | (0, 1) | |
| Black | 9.5 | 0.57 | (0, 1) | |
| Hispanic | 14.2 | 0.86 | (0, 1) | |
| Other race | 11.5 | 0.43 | (0, 1) | |
| Parent education | 9.2 | |||
| Some college education | 73.1 | 0.67 | (0, 1) | |
| No college education | 26.9 | 0.67 | (0, 1) | |
| Grades | 9.7 | |||
| Average high school grades | 6.4 | 0.02 | (1–9) | |
| Truancy | 11.4 | |||
| Number of days cut school | 1.9 | 0.02 | (1–7) | |
| Evenings out | 11.6 | |||
| Number of evenings out | 3.4 | 0.02 | (1–6) | |
| Friends drunk | 6.0 | |||
| Number of friends drunk | 2.6 | 0.02 | (1–5) | |
| Urbanicity | 0.0 | |||
| Urban | 30.9 | 1.66 | (0, 1) | |
| Rural | 21.3 | 0.80 | (0, 1) | |
| Suburban | 47.8 | 1.67 | (0, 1) | |
| Region | 0.0 | |||
| Midwest | 23.8 | 0.89 | (0, 1) | |
| Northeast | 20.0 | 0.91 | (0, 1) | |
| South | 34.9 | 1.08 | (0, 1) | |
| West | 21.3 | 0.97 | (0, 1) | |
Notes: N (unweighted) = 16,902.
a
Drinking category refers to maximum number of drinks per occasion reported in the past two weeks.