Table 1.
Sample Characteristics Among Adults with Heavy/Binge Drinking by Gender and Race/Ethnic Subgroups, NSDUH 2008–2009 and 2011–2014
| Women (N=22,078) |
Men (N=30,418) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-ACA:
2008–2009 (n=7,190) |
Post-ACA:
2011–2014 (n=14,888) |
Pre-ACA:
2008–2009 (n=9,951) |
Post-ACA:
2011–2014 (n=20,467) |
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| White (73.2%) | Black (11.6%) | Hispanic (12.8%) | Asian (2.5%) | White (67.9%) | Black (13.3%) | Hispanic (15.3%) | Asian (3.6%) | White (71.2%) | Black (9.4%) | Hispanic (16.6%) | Asian (2.8%) | White (69.6%) | Black (10.0%) | Hispanic (17.0%) | Asian (3.4%) | ||||
| Age in yearsb3; c3; d3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18–25 | 26.1% | 24.0% | 28.8% | 28.6% | 24.3% | 22.5% | 27.0% | 30.0% | 18.3% | 19.3% | 19.9% | 23.1% | 18.0% | 19.2% | 22.7% | 23.3% | |||
| 26–34 | 21.2% | 24.0% | 30.9% | 19.5% | 22.3% | 19.7% | 26.9% | 26.0% | 20.9% | 19.9% | 27.8% | 30.8% | 20.7% | 23.0% | 27.2% | 27.6% | |||
| 35–49 | 29.8% | 32.7% | 26.7% | 32.9% | 28.0% | 32.2% | 30.0% | 20.7% | 29.8% | 30.8% | 36.9% | 28.1% | 28.2% | 28.5% | 32.6% | 28.7% | |||
| 50 years+ | 22.9% | 19.3% | 13.7% | 19.1% | 25.4% | 25.7% | 16.1% | 23.7% | 31.0% | 30.0% | 15.4% | 18.0% | 33.2% | 29.2% | 17.6% | 20.5% | |||
| Marital Statusa3; b3; c3; d3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Married | 48.3% | 20.3% | 43.8% | 49.1% | 45.4% | 19.5% | 38.2% | 37.2% | 54.8% | 35.1% | 50.4% | 52.2% | 50.7% | 31.6% | 49.6% | 47.4% | |||
| Separated, divorced or widowed | 17.3% | 24.4% | 16.1% | 7.0% | 18.5% | 24.1% | 19.0% | 16.2% | 13.1% | 18.2% | 10.8% | 3.1% | 15.8% | 17.7% | 11.1% | 7.1% | |||
| Never married | 34.4% | 55.4% | 40.1% | 43.9% | 36.0% | 56.5% | 42.8% | 46.6% | 32.1% | 46.7% | 38.8% | 44.7% | 33.5% | 50.7% | 39.3% | 45.5% | |||
| < High School Educationa2; b2; c2; d2 | 8.8% | 15.6% | 26.1% | 4.9% | 7.1% | 13.2% | 22.3% | 6.2% | 10.0% | 22.4% | 32.0% | 3.7% | 9.1% | 19.1% | 28.3% | 8.5% | |||
| Ever Arresteda2; b3; c3; d3 | 14.9% | 17.8% | 12.0% | 3.2% | 14.5% | 16.7% | 13.2% | 4.7% | 32.6% | 41.6% | 29.0% | 18.2% | 34.7% | 42.7% | 25.8% | 17.4% | |||
| Unemployeda2; b2; c2; d2 | 5.4% | 12.6% | 7.6% | 7.5% | 4.5% | 12.4% | 7.3% | 6.3% | 5.1% | 11.1% | 7.7% | 4.6% | 5.1% | 13.2% | 8.0% | 4.0% | |||
| Household Income, <$20,000a2; b2; c2; d2 | 15.1% | 36.7% | 25.2% | 14.1% | 17.3% | 41.0% | 25.4% | 22.3% | 11.3% | 26.8% | 17.2% | 16.5% | 12.9% | 32.9% | 19.1% | 16.5% | |||
| Uninsureda2; b2; c2; d2 | 16.3% | 20.8% | 32.0% | 17.6% | 13.3% | 18.2% | 28.5% | 17.8% | 15.3% | 25.6% | 35.9% | 15.0% | 14.2% | 27.7% | 36.5% | 18.7% | |||
| Drug Use Disorderc1; d1 | 3.2% | 4.0% | 2.5% | 0.5% | 2.7% | 3.0% | 1.9% | 1.1% | 3.1% | 5.6% | 3.4% | 2.5% | 3.5% | 5.5% | 3.6% | 3.0% | |||
| Any Mental Illness b1; d2 | 24.0% | 19.2% | 25.0% | 20.5% | 23.3% | 20.6% | 18.8% | 18.7% | 11.2% | 10.0% | 10.4% | 14.8% | 12.0% | 10.2% | 9.2% | 14.1% | |||
| Fair or Poor Healtha3; b3; c1; d3 | 6.4% | 13.5% | 13.3% | 3.5% | 6.8% | 16.9% | 13.3% | 10.9% | 8.3% | 12.7% | 10.2% | 13.8% | 8.7% | 13.4% | 13.5% | 5.3% | |||
a
Significant between group comparison for women pre-ACA
b
Significant between group comparison for women post-ACA
c
Significant between group comparison for men pre-ACA
d
Significant between group comparison for men post-ACA
1
p<.05,
2
p<.01,
3
p<.001