Table 2.

Estimated Coefficients of Logistic Regression With Drinking Variables as Predictors of Full-Time Employment Versus Unemployment

Predictors	Model 1			Model 2 (modal quantity)			Model 3 (modal frequency)			Model 4 (freq. heavy episodic drinking)
	b	SE	OR	b	SE	OR	b	SE	OR	b	SE	OR
(Constant)	.17	.16		.16	.17		.16	.17		.15	.16
Race (1 minority)	−.42**	.16	.66	−.39*	.17	.67	−.33*	.17	.72	−.47**	.16	.63
Student loan (1 loan debt)	.40**	.15	1.49	.37*	.16	1.44	.37*	.15	1.45	.38*	.15	1.46
Career indecision	−.14	.08	.87	−.16	.08	.85	−.15	.08	.86	−.15	.08	.86
Financial stress	−.17**	.06	.84	−.18**	.06	.84	−.16*	.06	.85	−.18**	.06	.84
Southeastern university	.42*	.19	1.53	.39	.20	1.48	.38	.20	1.47	.41*	.19	1.50
Pacific northwestern university	.67**	.23	1.96	.67**	.25	1.95	.62*	.24	1.87	.70**	.23	2.01
Midwestern university	.38*	.19	1.47	.42*	.20	1.51	.39*	.19	1.48	.39*	.19	1.48
Modal quantity consumption				−.01	.01	.99
Modal frequency consumption							.00	.01	1.00
Frequency heavy episodic drinking										−.014*	.007	.986
−2 log likelihood	1,098.84			1,011.34			1,020.42			1,094.61
df	8			9			9			9
Nagelkerke pseudo R2	.05			.06			.05			.07
Sample size	825			759			763			825

Note. Race was coded as minority = 1, white = 0. Student loan status was coded as student debt = 1, no student debt = 0. Southeastern university was coded 1 = southeastern university, 0 = other universities. Pacific northwestern university was coded as pacific northwestern university = 1, other universities = 0. Midwestern university was coded as midwestern university = 1, other universities = 0. Thus, the Northeastern University served as the reference group. Full-time employment was coded as 1 if the individual reported to work 35 or more hr per week for pay, and 0 if unemployed. Those reporting employment for pay at less than 35 hr per week—i.e., part-time employment—were excluded from the analyses.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.