Table 2.

Estimates of Past 12-month Alcohol Use among U.S. High School Seniors by Specific Racial/Ethnic Subgroup, 2005–2016

Racial/Ethnic Subgroup	%a	(95% CI)	ngroupb	Bivariate Associationsc			Multivariable Associationsd
				OR	(95% CI)	p	AOR	(95% CI)	p
White+Hispanice	68.3	(65.8, 70.7)	2,829	1.06	(0.94, 1.18)	0.356	0.95	(0.85, 1.07)	0.378
White	67.1	(65.7, 68.4)	88,728	(ref)			(ref)
White+Native Peoplesf	67.1	(64.2, 69.9)	1,626	1.00	(0.88, 1.13)	0.991	0.96	(0.85, 1.08)	0.478
White+African American	65.6	(62.6, 68.7)	1,488	0.94	(0.81, 1.08)	0.372	0.81	(0.70, 0.94)	0.006
Other multiracialg	63.9	(62.2, 65.7)	5,369	0.87	(0.80, 0.95)	<0.001	0.81	(0.74, 0.88)	<0.001
Hispanic	62.7	(61.5, 64.0)	22,285	0.83	(0.77, 0.89)	<0.001	0.76	(0.71, 0.82)	<0.001
Native Peoples	60.4	(57.6, 63.2)	2,506	0.75	(0.66, 0.85)	<0.001	0.69	(0.60, 0.79)	<0.001
African American	50.8	(49.3, 52.4)	17,262	0.51	(0.47, 0.55)	<0.001	0.52	(0.48, 0.57)	<0.001
Asian American	46.6	(44.5, 48.6)	6,480	0.43	(0.39, 0.47)	<0.001	0.43	(0.39, 0.47)	<0.001
Sex (referent = female)
Male							0.89	(0.86, 0.92)	<0.001
Two-parent family (referent = no)
Yes							0.89	(0.86, 0.92)	<0.001
At least one parent has a college degree (referent = no)
Yes							1.07	(1.03, 1.11)	<0.001
Religious commitment (referent = high)
Low							2.25	(2.06, 2.45)	<0.001
Medium							2.11	(1.95, 2.28)	<0.001
Californiah							1.76	(1.56, 1.99)	<0.001
Average school grades (referent = B- or lower)
B or higher							0.69	(0.66, 0.71)	<0.001
Any past 4-week skipping school (referent = no)
Yes							2.63	(2.52, 2.74)	<0.001

Notes: Total model n = 148,573. Data are presented by descending prevalence value. OR=odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; AOR = adjusted odds ratio.

^aWeighted percentage.

^bn_group = Unweighted total sample size for noted subgroup group.

^cBivariate models contained only racial/ethnic subgroups in logistic regression models estimating the odds of the noted alcohol use outcome by racial/ethnic subgroup.

^dMultivariable models simultaneously controlled for sex, number of parents in the household, average parental education, religious commitment, average school grades, and past four-week truancy. AOR estimates for control variable missing dummy terms not shown.

^e“Hispanic” includes individuals endorsing one or more of “Cuban American”, “Mexican American or Chicano”, “Puerto Rican”, or “Other Hispanic”.

^f“Native Peoples” includes individuals endorsing “American Indian or Alaskan Native” and/or “Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander”.

^g“Other multiracial” includes individuals endorsing any dual racial/ethnic subgroups other than the three dual-endorsement groups shown, as well as all individuals endorsing three or more of the following racial/ethnic subgroups: White, Hispanic, African American, Asian American, Native Peoples.

^hState regulations prevent asking religious commitment measures in California; thus, we assigned all California students to a separate category.