Table I. Distribution of sociodemographic variables across cities, by country. U.S.-Mexico Study on Alcohol and Related Conditions (UMSARC), 2011-2013.
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| San Antonio (n=771) | Laredo (n=751) | Brownsville / McAllen (n=814) | Monterrey (n=811) | Nuevo Laredo (n=828) | Reynosa / Matamoros (n=821) | |||
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| Gender | ||||||||
| Female | 51.0 | 53.0 | 53.4 | 50.4 | 50.5 | 50.6 | ||
| Male | 49.0 | 47.0 | 46.6 | 49.6 | 49.5 | 49.4 | ||
| Age category, years | ||||||||
| 18-29 | 30.7 | 29.6 | 28.2 | 30.3 | 32.5 | 35.0 | ||
| 30-49 | 42.4 | 47.8 | 47.7 | 48.9 | 49.5 | 49.7 | ||
| 50-65 | 26.9 | 22.6 | 24.1 | 20.8 | 18.1 | 15.3 | ||
| Education | ||||||||
| Less than high school graduate | 35.4 | 36.9 | 36.2 | *** | 61.2 | 74.4 | 71.7 | *** |
| High school graduate | 21.6 | 20.6 | 16.0 | 11.8 | 15.5 | 17.9 | ||
| Some college | 30.8 | 19.6 | 25.8 | 8.1 | 3.0 | 3.7 | ||
| College graduate | 12.3 | 22.9 | 22.1 | 18.9 | 7.1 | 6.8 | ||
| Occupation | ||||||||
| Working full time | 43.3 | 48.0 | 40.7 | *** | 46.3 | 62.1 | 51.7 | *** |
| Working part time or seasonal worker | 14.8 | 22.2 | 21.9 | 11.6 | 9.4 | 8.9 | ||
| Home making | 9.1 | 7.1 | 10.1 | 22.1 | 16.0 | 22.6 | ||
| Other | 32.9 | 22.7 | 27.2 | 20.0 | 12.4 | 16.8 | ||
| Religion | ||||||||
| Catholic | 66.6 | 79.1 | 67.5 | *** | 87.5 | 76.7 | 75.4 | *** |
| Other | 23.5 | 12.0 | 25.9 | 7.5 | 16.1 | 14.3 | ||
| None | 9.9 | 9.0 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 7.2 | 10.2 | ||
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Single | 29.4 | 26.9 | 27.1 | ** | 33.0 | 25.1 | 28.6 | ** |
| Married or living together | 49.0 | 57.8 | 56.2 | 50.6 | 54.1 | 57.7 | ||
| Separated or divorced or widowed | 21.6 | 15.4 | 16.7 | 16.4 | 20.8 | 13.7 | ||
| Native of survey city | ||||||||
| No | 29.6 | 21.8 | 34.4 | *** | 22.3 | 38.6 | 41.1 | *** |
| Yes | 70.4 | 78.2 | 65.6 | 77.7 | 61.4 | 58.9 | ||
| In neighbor country past 12 months | ||||||||
| No | 86.1 | 63.1 | 56.7 | *** | 92.0 | 76.1 | 83.2 | *** |
| Yes | 13.9 | 36.9 | 43.3 | 8.0 | 23.9 | 16.8 | ||
Note. Weighted column percentages. Missing values: United States: education (n=2), marital status (n=1), in neighbor country (n=1); Mexico: education (n=24), marital status (n=5), native of survey city (n=1), in neighbor country (n=7).
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Indicated p values are derived from chi-squared tests, adjusted for the survey design (within countries).
*
p < .05
**
p < .01
***
p < .001.