Table 2.
Estimates of Racial/ethnic Differences in Current Drinking Prevalence: Results from Propensity Score Weighting (2009-10 U.S. National Alcohol Survey)
| Weighting Factors a | Black % (SE) |
White % (SE) |
White-Black Difference b (95% CIs) |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEN | |||
| Unadjusted (“baseline”) | 57.1 (5.1) | 75.4 (1.8) | 18.3 (7.7, 28.9)*** |
| Age, marital status | 57.1 (5.1) | 75.9 (2.0) | 18.8 (8.0, 29.6)*** |
| Individual SES, unfair treatment | 57.1 (5.1) | 70.9 (3.2) | 13.8 (2.0, 25.6)* |
| Neighborhood SES, alcohol outlet density | 57.1 (5.1) | 68.1 (3.8) | 11.0 (−1.5, 23.5)† |
| Protective Resources | 57.1 (5.1) | 58.2 (5.7) | 1.1 (−14.0, 16.1) |
| WOMEN | |||
| Unadjusted (“baseline”) | 50.7 (3.4) | 64.4 (1.6) | 13.7 (6.5, 21.0)*** |
| Age, marital status | 50.7 (3.4) | 64.6 (2.6) | 13.9 (5.6, 22.2)** |
| Individual SES, unfair treatment | 50.7 (3.4) | 58.3 (3.2) | 7.6 (−1.6, 16.7) |
| Neighborhood SES, alcohol outlet density | 50.7 (3.4) | 52.4 (4.8) | 1.7 (−9.9, 13.2) |
| Protective Resources c | 50.7 (3.4) | 41.5 (4.1) | −9.2 (−19.5, 1.1)† |
Notes.
a
PS weighting was performed to weight the White sample to be similar to Black sample on an increasing number of factors introduced at each step, with black as the reference group; factors in each step include the variables in prior steps.
b
The White-Black difference is calculated as the White % - the Black %.
c
Protective resources include proscriptive religiosity, social network drinking norms and patterns, family social support, area-level religious membership
†
p<0.10
*
p<0.05
**
p<0.01
***
p<0.001