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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addiction. 2017 Sep 6;113(2):336–345. doi: 10.1111/add.14003

Table 1.

Demographics, parental separation, and substance use characteristics of 3257 offspring overall and by parental AUD status.

Parental AUD Status
Total Sample None One parent only AUD Both Parents AUD 1 parent AUD possible, co-parent unaffected Test of differences by parental AUD status

N=3257 N=1160 N=1273 N=672 N=152 Design-based statistic and p-value
Female,% 51.1 50.8 51.0 51.5 53.3 F(3, 5726)=.13, p=.94
European American, % 65.9 64.4 63.8 76.0 50.0 F(6, 1906)=4.9, p<.001
African American, % 25.8 27.2 28.4 15.8 37.5
Other race/ethnicity, % 8.3 8.4 7.9 8.2 12.5
Age at study entry, M(SD, range) 16.1 (3.3, 12–26) 15.8 (3.3, 12–24) 16.4 (3.3, 12–26) 16.2 (3.3, 12–25) 15.7 (3.2, 12–25) F(3, 1909)=6.7, p<.001
Age at most recent follow-up, M(SD, range) 22.8 (4.5, 14–33) 22.5 (4.6, 14–33) 23.1 (4.4, 14–32) 22.7 (4.4, 14–32) 22.1 (4.4, 13–31) F(3, 1704)=3.2, P=.02
Parental separation, % 47.9 32.5 54.5 56.8 73.3 F(3, 1900)=34.8, p<.0001
Ever had drink alcohol, % 82.5 75.6 87.3 85.4 81.6 F(3, 1909)=13.44, p<.0001
Ever smoked full cigarette, % 48.3 36.6 52.2 61.8 46.0 F(3, 1909)=28.6, p<.0001
Ever used cannabis, % 65.1 54.5 71.1 71.0 70.4 F(3, 1909)=20.8, p<.0001
Ever had voluntary sexual intercourse, % 79.3 72.4 83.4 82.9 81.6 F(3, 1909)=11.2, p<.0001
Timing of first substance use, sexual debut
Age first drink, M (SD, range) 15.7 (2.5, 7–30) 16.3 (2.5, 7–30) 15.6 (2.5, 7–25) 15.1 (2.5, 7–26) 15.6 (2.5, 8–22) F(3, 1680)=16.3, p<.0001
 First drink ≤ age 15, % 38.7 29.2 41.3 49.5 40.1
 First drink ≥ age 16, % 43.8 46.4 46.0 35.9 41.5
Age first cigarette, M (SD, range) 15.6 (3.0, 7–30) 16.2 (2.6, 9–24) 15.7 (3.0, 7–28) 15.0 (3.1, 7–30) 15.3 (3.1, 8–24) F(3, 1139)=9.6, p<.0001
 First cigarette ≤ age 15, % 23.5 14.3 25.1 36.1 25.6
 First cigarette ≥ age 16, % 24.8 22.3 27.1 25.7 20.4
Age first use cannabis, M (SD, range) 15.9 (2.7, 8–29) 16.5 (2.7, 8–27) 15.9 (2.7, 8–29) 15.4 (2.8, 8–26) 15.8 (2.6, 8–23) F(3, 1436)=12.5, p<.0001
 First cannabis ≤ age 15, % 29.5 19.8 33.6 37.3 34.9
 First cannabis ≥ age 16, % 35.6 34.7 37.5 33.6 35.5
Age sexual debut, M (SD, range) 16.3 (2.3, 10–27) 16.9 (2.5, 10–27) 16.1 (2.2, 10–25) 15.8 (2.1, 10–24) 15.7 (2.0, 10–22) F(3, 1657)=21.3, p<.0001
 First sex ≤ age 15, % 30.0 20.8 33.8 36.5 39.5
 First sex ≥ age 16, % 49.3 51.6 49.6 46.4 42.1