Table 3.
Estimates of Past 2-week 5+ Drinking among U.S. High School Seniors by Specific Racial/Ethnic Subgroup, 2005–2016
| Racial/Ethnic Subgroup | %a | (95% CI) | ngroupb | Bivariate Associationsc | p | Multivariable Associationsd | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | (95% CI) | AOR | (95% CI) | p | |||||
| White | 26.2 | (25.2, 27.2) | 87,757 | (ref) | (ref) | ||||
| Native Peoplese | 22.4 | (20.2, 24.6) | 2,430 | 0.82 | (0.72, 0.93) | <0.001 | 0.74 | (0.64, 0.85) | <0.001 |
| White+Hispanicf | 22.2 | (20.2, 24.3) | 2,794 | 0.81 | (0.72, 0.91) | <0.001 | 0.74 | (0.66, 0.84) | <0.001 |
| White+Native Peoples | 22.1 | (19.6, 24.6) | 1,612 | 0.80 | (0.69, 0.93) | <0.001 | 0.78 | (0.67, 0.90) | 0.001 |
| White+African American | 21.2 | (18.7, 23.8) | 1,469 | 0.76 | (0.65, 0.89) | <0.001 | 0.68 | (0.58, 0.79) | <0.001 |
| Hispanic | 20.8 | (19.9, 21.8) | 21,958 | 0.74 | (0.70, 0.80) | <0.001 | 0.69 | (0.65, 0.75) | <0.001 |
| Other multiracialg | 17.4 | (16.0, 18.8) | 5,269 | 0.60 | (0.54, 0.66) | <0.001 | 0.56 | (0.50, 0.62) | <0.001 |
| Asian American | 12.0 | (11.0, 13.1) | 6,403 | 0.35 | (0.32, 0.38) | <0.001 | 0.39 | (0.35, 0.43) | <0.001 |
| African American | 10.9 | (10.2, 11.7) | 17,082 | 0.39 | (0.35, 0.43) | <0.001 | 0.36 | (0.33, 0.39) | <0.001 |
| Sex (referent = female) | |||||||||
| Male | 1.46 | (1.41, 1.53) | <0.001 | ||||||
| Two-parent family (referent = no) | |||||||||
| Yes | 0.94 | (0.91, 0.97) | 0.001 | ||||||
| At least one parent has a college degree (referent = no) | |||||||||
| Yes | 1.13 | (1.09, 1.18) | <0.001 | ||||||
| Religious commitment (referent = high) | |||||||||
| Low | 2.02 | (1.87, 2.18) | <0.001 | ||||||
| Medium | 2.01 | (1.87, 2.17) | <0.001 | ||||||
| Californiah | 1.64 | (1.43, 1.89) | <0.001 | ||||||
| Average school grades (referent = B- or lower) | |||||||||
| B or higher | 0.70 | (0.67, 0.73) | <0.001 | ||||||
| Any past 4-week skipping school (referent = no) | |||||||||
| Yes | 2.64 | (2.54, 2.74) | <0.001 | ||||||
Notes: Total model n = 146,774. Data are presented by descending prevalence value. OR=odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; AOR = adjusted odds ratio.
a Weighted percentage.
ngroup = Unweighted total sample size for noted subgroup group.
Bivariate models contained only racial/ethnic subgroups in logistic regression models estimating the odds of the noted alcohol use outcome by racial/ethnic subgroup.
Multivariable 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.
“Native Peoples” includes individuals endorsing “American Indian or Alaskan Native” and/or “Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander”.
“Hispanic” includes individuals endorsing one or more of “Cuban American”, “Mexican American or Chicano”, “Puerto Rican”, or “Other Hispanic”.
“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.
State regulations prevent asking religious commitment measures in California; thus, we assigned all California students to a separate category.