Table 3.

Adjusted odds ratios for logistic regressions of relationship status on past-year heavy drinking, symptoms of potential dependence, and alcohol problems.

	Heavy Drinking				Alcohol Problems				Dependence				HED
	OR	95% C.I.		p	OR	95% C.I.		p	OR	95% C.I.		p	OR	95% C.I.		p
		Lower	Upper			Lower	Upper			Lower	Upper			Lower	Upper
Relationship status
Cohabiting	1.00				1.00				1.00				1.00
Non-cohabiting	1.30	0.71	2.40	0.40	2.25	1.34	3.78	0.00	2.11	1.23	3.60	0.01	1.09	0.67	1.77	0.72
Single	1.93	1.13	3.29	0.02	1.81	1.13	2.89	0.01	1.83	1.11	2.99	0.02	1.29	0.85	1.98	0.24
Age	0.98	0.96	0.99	0.01	0.95	0.93	0.97	0.00	0.94	0.93	0.96	0.00	0.94	0.93	0.96	0.00
Education
High School	1.00				1.00				1.00				1.00
Some college	0.45	0.25	0.79	0.01	0.64	0.37	1.10	0.11	0.58	0.33	1.00	0.05	0.57	0.34	0.96	0.03
College graduate	0.35	0.17	0.70	0.00	0.58	0.31	1.09	0.09	0.59	0.31	1.12	0.11	0.54	0.30	0.97	0.04
Graduate school	0.37	0.18	0.75	0.01	0.50	0.26	0.96	0.04	0.53	0.27	1.04	0.07	0.51	0.28	0.94	0.03
Income
Less than $20,000	1.00				1.00				1.00				1.00
$20,000–39,000	1.24	0.67	2.29	0.49	0.84	0.48	1.49	0.56	0.87	0.50	1.51	0.61	0.93	0.55	1.57	0.79
$40,000–74,999	1.51	0.79	2.88	0.21	1.81	1.02	3.21	0.04	0.94	0.52	1.71	0.84	1.81	1.05	3.13	0.03
$75,000 and above	1.20	0.54	2.66	0.66	1.56	0.79	3.10	0.20	1.20	0.59	2.42	0.62	0.80	0.42	1.52	0.50
Employment
Full time	1.00				1.00				1.00				1.00
Part time	0.55	0.27	1.09	0.09	1.07	0.54	2.13	0.85	0.57	0.29	1.12	0.10	1.26	0.68	2.32	0.47
Not employed - looking	0.59	0.27	1.30	0.19	1.03	0.49	2.19	0.93	0.68	0.32	1.43	0.31	1.15	0.59	2.25	0.68
Not employed – not looking	0.77	0.37	1.60	0.49	1.08	0.51	2.27	0.84	0.88	0.43	1.80	0.72	0.64	0.32	1.26	0.19
Constant	1.04			0.95	2.13			0.15	4.71			0.00	7.96			0.00

^***p<0.001,

^**p<0.01,

^*p<0.05

Note: Demographic variables not significant across multivariate analyses are excluded from table: Sexual identity, race/ethnicity, partner gender, relationship length, parental status, and past year depression.