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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Health. 2018 Oct 5;67(4):383–390. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2018.1484362

Table 5.

Item-response probability and class prevalence rates for students at 2-year institutions

Latent Class
Past Month Alcohol and
Marijuana Indicators
Non-users
(26%)
Light-
drinking-
only (39%)
Heavy
drinking/heavy
marijuana/SAM
use (27%)
Light
drinking/heavy
marijuana (8%)
Any drink 0.416 1.000 1.000 1.000
Binge drink 0.000 0.305 0.701 0.000
Peak eBAC > .08 0.000 0.378 0.797 0.067
Alcohol problems 0.000 0.796 0.950 0.000
SAM use 0.000 0.000 0.842 0.212
Marijuana use 0.132 0.107 1.000 1.000
Marijuana use > 1 time/day 0.000 0.000 0.645 0.669
Marijuana use of getting high >
15 days
0.000 0.000 0.518 0.811

Note. All indicators assessed alcohol and marijuana use in the past month; eBAC = estimated blood alcohol concentration; SAM = simultaneous alcohol and marijuana use; Bold = class-defining probabilities