Table 3.

Adjusted Odds Ratios of Drinking Expectancies Predicting Study Outcomes, Chicago Health and Life Experiences of Women Study (N = 698)

	Heavy episodic drinking			DSM-IV alcohol abuse			DSM-IV alcohol dependence
	aOR	95% CI	P	aOR	95% CI	P	aOR	95% CI	P
Drinking expectancies (total)	3.26***	2.24–4.75	<0.001	5.21***	2.91–9.33	<0.001	4.21***	2.34–7.57	<0.001
Sexual identity
Lesbian (Ref
Bisexual	0.79	0.53–1.20	0.276	1.19	0.69–2.05	0.538	0.87	0.48–1.57	0.651
Age	0.95***	0.93–0.96	<0.001	0.96**	0.94–0.98	0.001	0.98	0.95–1.00	0.064
Race/Ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic (Ref
Black, non-Hispanic	0.89	0.56–1.42	0.626	0.81	0.40–1.63	0.552	2.75*	1.24–6.09	0.013
Hispanic	1.20	0.75–1.93	0.453	0.77	0.38–1.58	0.478	1.78	0.76–4.14	0.183
Other	0.48	0.15–1.49	0.202	1.53	0.36–6.49	0.565	1.69	0.22–12.84	0.613
Education
High school (Ref
<High school	0.92	0.43–1.98	0.829	2.24	0.86–5.83	0.098	1.65	0.70–3.91	0.256
Some college	0.65	0.36–1.18	0.158	0.72	0.32–1.62	0.428	0.48	0.22–1.04	0.064
College graduate	0.70	0.37–1.31	0.261	0.67	0.27–1.65	0.388	0.55	0.23–1.31	0.176
Income
<$15,000 (Ref
≥$15,000 and <$40,000	0.90	0.54–1.51	0.703	1.49	0.72–3.08	0.283	1.04	0.49–2.19	0.919
≥$40,000 and <$75,000	1.95*	1.14–3.32	0.015	1.18	0.54–2.59	0.673	0.79	0.35–1.81	0.578
≥$75,000	0.98	0.52–1.85	0.950	1.36	0.51–3.65	0.539	1.03	0.36–2.97	0.950
Relationship status
Living with partner (Ref
Not living with partner	0.98	0.60–1.61	0.950	1.62	0.76–3.44	0.208	2.03	0.91–4.53	0.083
Not in committed relationship	1.28	0.84–1.97	0.255	2.26*	1.15–4.45	0.018	2.31*	1.11–4.83	0.026
Parental status
Children living in the home (yes	0.56*	0.33–0.95	0.031	0.61	0.26–1.42	0.251	0.62	0.28–1.36	0.230
Ever had kids (yes	1.02	0.63–1.64	0.945	0.71	0.34–1.50	0.373	1.03	0.51–2.12	0.926

^*P < 0.05, ^**P < 0.01, ^***P < 0.001.

Ref, referent category.