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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2018 Nov 19;43(1):115–122. doi: 10.1111/acer.13907

Table 1.

Participant characteristics of NHW and AIAN 18 years of age and older with any lifetime AUD (n=6,408) from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions-III (NESARC-III), by race/ethnicity and seeking treatment or help for AUD statusa

AIAN
NHW
No treatment
(n = 134)
Treatment
(n = 78)
No treatment
(n = 4,857)
Treatment
(n = 1,339)
Characteristic % (SE) % (SE) % (SE) % (SE)
Sex
 Women 64.2 (3.9)b 41.8 (5.3)b 42.6 (0.79)b 33.4 (1.44)b
 Men 35.8 (3.9) 58.2 (5.3) 57.4 (0.79) 66.6 (1.44)
Urbanicity
 Urban 70.0 (5.0) 69.7 (5.4) 74.9 (1.91) 76.3 (1.96)
 Rural 30.0 (5.0) 30.3 (5.4) 25.1 (1.91) 23.7 (1.96)
Age, years
 < 25 20.4 (3.0) 6.8 (3.5) 15.1 (0.80)b 7.2 (0.92)b
 25 - 34 19.8 (4.3) 14.1 (4.3) 22.3 (0.66) 19.4 (1.29)
 35 - 44 20.5 (4.0) 24.2 (5.8) 19.0 (0.67) 18.5 (1.16)
 45 - 54 20.9 (3.3) 29.2 (5.9) 19.8 (0.75) 26.6 (1.35)
 55 - 64 15.6 (3.5) 22.9 (4.4) 14.6 (0.65) 18.3 (1.19)
 > 65 2.8 (0.8) 2.9 (2.5) 9.3 (0.55) 10.0 (0.92)
Personal Income
  ≥ US $50,000 16.2 (2.7) 9.6 (3.9) 29.1 (0.98)b 23.8 (1.33)b
 US $25,000-49,999 21.7 (3.3) 19.8 (5.5) 27.9 (0.88) 27.1 (1.38)
 US $10,000-24,999 29.5 (4.8) 43.7 (5.9) 24.8 (0.84) 26.8 (1.43)
 ≤ US $10,000 32.6 (3.9) 26.9 (5.5) 18.3 (0.81) 22.3 (1.25)
Marital Status
 Married/Living as if married 54.1 (5.2) 49.1 (6.3) 60.2 (0.91)b 48.2 (1.55)b
 Widowed 1.9 (0.4) 0.8 (0.9) 1.9 (0.20) 3.4 (0.50)
 Separated/divorced 18.5 (3.9) 24.7 (5.3) 14.1 (0.51) 25.3 (1.42)
 Never married 25.4 (3.5) 25.4 (5.6) 23.8 (0.91) 23.1 (1.45)
Education
 College or graduate degree 18.6 (3.4) 11.4 (4.8) 35.0 (1.34)b 25.3 (1.36)b
 Some college 37.8 (5.5) 47.4 (7.2) 35.2 (0.88) 37.1 (1.59)
 High school/general educational development 28.5 (4.4) 29.3 (6.6) 123.3 (0.82) 27.3 (1.27)
 < High school 15.0 (3.6) 11.9 (2.5) 6.4 (0.52) 10.3 (0.96)
U.S. Region
 Northeast 15.9 (3.1)b 16.9 (3.1)b 19.0 (1.24)b 21.1 (1.65)b
 Midwest 12.8 (3.1) 26.5 (7.8) 28.8 (1.22) 26.0 (1.29)
 South 28.8 (4.7) 16.6 (4.7) 31.4 (1.44) 29.6 (1.84)
 West 42.5 (7.0) 40.1 (7.7) 20.8 (1.43) 23.3 (2.00)

Abbreviations: NHW, non-Hispanic White; AIAN, American Indian and Alaska Native.

a

Based on weighted data

b

p < 0.001 (Rao-Scott chi-square test)