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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Use Misuse. 2018 Apr 2;53(12):2003–2016. doi: 10.1080/10826084.2018.1451892

Table 1.

Sample Characteristics (2009-10 U.S. National Alcohol Survey)

Men Total Male Current Drinkers Women Total Female Current Drinkers

Black
n=310
White
n=1223
Black
n=170
White
n=921
Black
n=730
White
n=1910
Black
n=347
White
n=1223
Age: 18-29 0.26 0.19 0.25 0.19 0.27 0.16** 0.31 0.16**
 30-39 0.18 0.17 0.23 0.19 0.16 0.16 0.20 0.18
 40-49 0.25 0.23 0.29 0.25 0.19 0.20 0.23 0.23
 50-59 0.15 0.18 0.12 0.17 0.16 0.18 0.14 0.19
 60+ 0.16 0.24* 0.11 0.20** 0.22 0.30** 0.12 0.24***
Marital: married 0.52 0.68** 0.61 0.69 0.35 0.68*** 0.36 0.72***
 Separated/divorce 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.18 0.09*** 0.17 0.08*
 Widowed 0.04 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.10 0.11 0.05 0.07
 Never married 0.37 0.23* 0.30 0.23 0.37 0.12*** 0.42 0.13***
Education: < HS grad 0.23 0.11* 0.20 0.08 0.17 0.10** 0.06 0.06
  HS grad 0.36 0.32 0.32 0.29 0.36 0.30 0.33 0.24
  Some college 0.24 0.28 0.29 0.29 0.22 0.30** 0.25 0.32
  College grad 0.17 0.30** 0.18 0.33** 0.24 0.29 0.36 0.38
Employment: Full time 0.42 0.56* 0.48 0.60 0.36 0.33 0.48 0.41
  Part-time 0.10 0.09 0.14 0.08 0.09 0.15** 0.07 0.16***
  Unemployed 0.19 0.09* 0.20 0.09 0.17 0.07*** 0.17 0.06*
  Retired 0.13 0.18 0.09 0.15 0.15 0.22** 0.05 0.17***
  Others 0.16 0.09 0.09 0.08 0.24 0.23 0.23 0.20
Income: < 100% Federal Poverty Level (FPL) 0.22 0.07*** 0.22 0.06** 0.33 0.12*** 0.23 0.07***
  100-199% FPL 0.24 0.17 0.26 0.15 0.18 0.16 0.20 0.13
  200-299% FPL 0.06 0.12** 0.04 0.13*** 0.11 0.12 0.16 0.11
  300-399% FPL 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.19 0.09 0.13* 0.11 0.15
  400% + FPL 0.17 0.36*** 0.22 0.39** 0.17 0.31*** 0.25 0.39***
  Missing 0.14 0.10 0.10 0.08 0.12 0.17 0.06 0.15**
Frequency of unfair treatment (mean; range 1-4) 2.12 1.81** 2.18 1.80** 2.13 1.76*** 2.15 1.75***
Mean NBH disadvantage 0.36 0.29*** 0.34 0.29*** 0.35 0.30*** 0.34 0.28***
Mean NBH advantage 0.26 0.33*** 0.29 0.35*** 0.28 0.33*** 0.30 0.36**
Mean liquor store density (per 1000 population) 0.11 0.10 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11 0.11
PROTECTIVE RESOURCES
Religion very important and discourages drinking (1=yes) 0.38 0.20*** 0.29 0.12** 0.43 0.26*** 0.39 0.13***
Network disapproval of drinking (mean; range 0-6) 3.23 2.23*** 2.41 1.58** 3.93 2.73*** 2.87 1.70***
Network disapproval of heavy drinking (mean; range 0-3) 2.45 2.06*** 2.22 1.89* 2.63 2.25*** 2.47 1.99***
Dryness of network based on “regular” drinking (mean; range 0-3) 1.83 1.82 1.65 1.71 2.14 1.89*** 1.98 1.65***
Dryness of network based on heavy drinking (mean; range 0-3) 2.47 2.58 2.38 2.56 2.54 2.56 2.49 2.53
Family social support (mean; range 0-12) 10.16 10.54 10.33 10.56 9.70 10.51*** 9.65 10.56**
Mean area-level religious membership (per 1000 population) 514.45 476.03** 517.79 466.54*** 520.31 482.81*** 524.62 478.24***

Notes. Unweighted data,

*

p<.05

**

p<.01

***

p≤.001.