Table 2.

Assault or physical harm by someone who had been drinking: Covariates before and after PS weighting

	Assaulted/Physically Harmed (N=192) Mean (SD) or %	Unweighted Comparison Group (N=4,623) Mean (SD) or %	std. mean diff	PS Weighted Comparison Group Mean (SD) or %	std. mean diff
Age (years)	40.266 (15.289)	54.224 (17.638)	−0.913	44.069 (16.208)	−0.249
Male	52.6%	39.6%	0.26	49.1%	0.069
Race/ethnicity:
American Indian/Alaska Native	4.2%	1.0%	0.158	2.8%	0.067
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.6%	1.8%	−0.015	1.6%	−0.002
Black/African American	28.6%	25.1%	0.079	29.5%	−0.019
Non-Black Hispanic	29.7%	20.7%	0.197	27.7%	0.044
Non-Hispanic White	34.9%	49.7%	−0.31	37.3%	−0.050
Marital status:
Married/live with someone	41.1%	53.5%	−0.251	45.1%	−0.081
Never married	41.7%	20.0%	0.44	34.5%	0.145
Separated/divorced/widowed	17.2%	26.5%	−0.247	20.3%	−0.083
Employment status:
Employed	57.3%	49.5%	0.157	57.7%	−0.008
Homemaker	2.6%	4.3%	−0.104	2.8%	−0.013
Other	19.8%	12.1%	0.193	18.5%	0.032
Retired	6.8%	28.2%	−0.853	10.6%	−0.151
Unemployed	13.5%	5.9%	0.223	10.4%	0.092
Education:
Less than high school	15.6%	12.3%	0.093	13.0%	0.071
High school diploma	27.1%	26.8%	0.007	26.2%	0.020
Some college	31.8%	25.1%	0.144	30.1%	0.036
4-year college degree (or more)	25.5%	35.9%	−0.238	30.7%	−0.118
Annual income:
<= US$10K	22.4%	9.7%	0.304	14.8%	0.182
US$10–20K	18.8%	14.7%	0.104	18.1%	0.016
US$20–40K	17.2%	20.8%	−0.095	21.5%	−0.113
US$40–60K	13.5%	14.3%	−0.022	13.0%	0.016
US$60–80K	7.3%	12.6%	−0.203	9.5%	−0.084
US$80–100K	3.1%	6.9%	−0.214	5.1%	−0.111
US$100K+	9.4%	12.6%	−0.111	10.6%	−0.041
Household size:
1 person	50.5%	41.8%	0.174	47.9%	0.053
2	22.9%	33.4%	−0.249	24.0%	−0.026
3	11.5%	10.9%	0.017	13.8%	−0.073
4	8.9%	8.0%	0.028	8.5%	0.014
5	4.7%	4.0%	0.033	4.2%	0.021
6+	1.6%	1.8%	−0.022	1.6%	−0.006
Number of children under 17:
None	60.9%	69.5%	−0.176	63.1%	−0.044
1	14.6%	12.4%	0.061	15.7%	−0.032
2	14.6%	10.8%	0.106	13.0%	0.045
3	6.2%	4.5%	0.074	5.4%	0.035
4 children in household	2.6%	1.9%	0.045	2.0%	0.035
5+ children in household	1%	0.9%	0.017	0.8%	0.028
Poverty status: 1
Not poor	44.3%	59.8%	−0.312	52.7%	−0.170
Near poor	15.1%	12.3%	0.079	14.0%	0.030
Below poverty	29.7%	15.2%	0.316	22.4%	0.160
Current housing situation:
House owner	27.6%	61.2%	−0.75	37.1%	−0.212
Live in someone else’s house	16.7%	6.4%	0.275	13.3%	0.091
Rent apartment	29.7%	17.7%	0.263	26.9%	0.062
Rent house	20.3%	12.2%	0.201	18.4%	0.049
Other living situation	5.7%	2.6%	0.137	4.4%	0.056
Affected by recession:
Not at all	20.8%	27.2%	−0.156	22.7%	−0.046
A little affected	22.9%	24.5%	−0.038	21.8%	0.027
Moderately affected	23.4%	29.7%	−0.147	28.1%	−0.110
Severely affected	31.2%	15.8%	0.333	25.6%	0.122
Heterosexual 2	82.3%	88.1%	−0.153	85.9%	−0.094
Maximum drinking in past year:
0 drinks	30.7%	41.9%	−0.241	33.8%	−0.067
1 drink	12.0%	17.5%	−0.17	13.6%	−0.049
2 drinks	5.2%	12.6%	−0.334	10.4%	−0.234
3 drinks	5.7%	8.5%	−0.12	8.2%	−0.107
4 drinks	5.7%	6.1%	−0.015	6.5%	−0.032
5–7 drinks	13.0%	7.0%	0.179	12.4%	0.020
8–11 drinks	10.9%	3.6%	0.234	7.1%	0.124
12–23 drinks	8.9%	1.6%	0.257	3.5%	0.188
24 or more drinks	7.3%	0.5%	0.261	4.1%	0.124
Frequency of drunkenness past yr:
Every day or nearly every day	5.7%	0.3%	0.235	3.1%	0.113
Three to 4 times a week	3.1%	0.4%	0.158	1.3%	0.106
Once or twice a week	7.8%	1.1%	0.25	4.0%	0.141
Once to 3 times a month	12.5%	4.0%	0.257	7.1%	0.163
Less than once a month	10.9%	6.8%	0.134	11.5%	−0.017
Once in those 12 months	6.2%	7.6%	−0.056	8.5%	−0.095
Never in those 12 months	50.0%	74.3%	−0.486	60.3%	−0.206
Alcohol use disorder symptoms	1.661 (2.745)	0.22 (0.856)	0.525	0.866 (1.954)	0.290
Went to treatment/in recovery	31.2%	9.6%	0.465	22.9%	0.179
Marijuana use in past year:
Frequent	22.9%	4.6%	0.436	14.6%	0.199
Occasional	5.7%	2.8%	0.126	6.0%	−0.011
Never	71.4%	92.6%	−0.47	79.4%	−0.179
Other drug use in past year:
Frequent	12.5%	2.0%	0.317	5.5%	0.213
Occasional	5.7%	1.4%	0.186	3.2%	0.110
Never	81.8%	96.6%	−0.384	91.4%	−0.248
Tobacco use in past year:
Frequent	33.3%	13.5%	0.421	24.0%	0.198
Occasional	8.9%	2.7%	0.216	5.5%	0.119
Never	57.8%	83.8%	−0.526	70.5%	−0.257
Drug problems in past year	0.104 (0.306)	0.005 (0.073)	0.322	0.030 (0.171)	0.242
Family history of alcohol problems	68.2%	49.8%	0.397	61.8%	0.138
Family structure in childhood:
Two parents (biological, step or adoptive)	58.9%	75.1%	−0.331	66.7%	−0.160
One parent	30.2%	18.5%	0.256	24.6%	0.123
Another family member (grandparent, aunt or uncle)	7.3%	5.0%	0.09	6.5%	0.029
Lived with someone else	3.6%	1.4%	0.117	2.2%	0.079
Mother’s highest level of education:
Less than high school	0.245	0.273	−0.067	0.240	0.011
High school diploma	0.271	0.311	−0.09	0.281	−0.023
Some college	0.172	0.14	0.085	0.181	−0.023
College degree or more	0.208	0.147	0.15	0.182	0.065
Physical abuse in childhood	46.9%	16.5%	0.608	37.0%	0.198
Sexual abuse in childhood	24.5%	9.2%	0.356	17.5%	0.162
Physical abuse since 18	64.6%	23.4%	0.861	52.5%	0.252
Sexual abuse since 18	16.1%	4.8%	0.308	10.5%	0.154
Experience of racial discrimination:
Never	43.8%	66.4%	−0.456	45.0%	−0.026
Once	4.7%	8.2%	−0.165	7.6%	−0.137
2–3 times	20.3%	12.4%	0.198	19.4%	0.022
4 or more times	31.2%	13.1%	0.392	28.0%	0.071
Racial/ethnic stigma scale	2.48 (0.811)	2.121 (0.708)	0.442	2.366 (0.792)	0.141
Impulsivity/sensation-seeking	2.242 (0.899)	1.671 (0.719)	0.635	2.041 (0.864)	0.224
BMI:
Underweight	1%	1.4%	−0.034	1.2%	−0.012
Normal	31.8%	29.4%	0.051	30.6%	0.024
Overweight	37.5%	32.6%	0.102	35.3%	0.045
Obese	26.6%	30.1%	−0.081	28.2%	−0.037
Level of exercise:
Vigorous or heavy	11.5%	8.5%	0.094	11.6%	−0.005
Moderate	33.3%	33.2%	0.003	32.3%	0.023
Light	43.2%	44.9%	−0.033	42.7%	0.010
No exercise	5.2%	6.6%	−0.061	6.0%	−0.035
Other	0.5%	0.8%	−0.039	1.1%	−0.085
Disabled	6.2%	6.1%	0.006	6.3%	−0.002
Religion:
Protestant (miscellaneous)	22.9%	36.2%	−0.316	27.2%	−0.103
Catholic	27.1%	23.1%	0.091	24.3%	0.063
Jewish	1.0%	2.1%	−0.102	1.7%	−0.062
Muslim	2.1%	0.6%	0.103	0.6%	0.106
Other	27.6%	21.3%	0.14	26.1%	0.034
None	19.3%	16.7%	0.065	20.2%	−0.023
Importance of religion:
Not at all	49.0%	40.0%	0.18	44.4%	0.091
Religious attitude to alcohol:
Favorable	58.9%	63.3%	−0.091	63.8%	−0.100
Region:
Dry south	16.7%	21.2%	−0.122	19.0%	−0.062
Middle Atlantic	22.9%	18.9%	0.096	21.0%	0.047
New England	2.1%	2.7%	−0.043	2.3%	−0.012
North central	17.7%	16.2%	0.04	17.4%	0.007
Pacific	17.2%	16.5%	0.019	17.8%	−0.017
South coast	23.4%	24.6%	−0.026	22.6%	0.020

¹Poverty status coded as “near poor” if income below 150% of US federal poverty level and “in poverty” if income below 100% of poverty level.

²“Only heterosexual” compared to all others, including “mostly heterosexual”, bisexual, “mostly homosexual”, “only homosexual”.

Standardized mean differences (std. mean diff) larger than |.20| are shown in bold text.