Table 4.

Factor loadings for unidimensional factor models for NESARC Wave 2 and NESARC-III

	TL	CD	LL	TS	GU	PP	WD	FF	HZ	SI	CR
NESARC Wave 2
Full Data	0.491	0.550	0.578	0.677	0.551	0.703	0.577	0.575	0.509	0.666	0.634
PY Drink	0.482	0.548	0.577	0.663	0.522	0.695	0.573	0.549	0.506	0.648	0.621
PY Binge	0.477	0.518	0.486	0.680	0.561	0.700	0.548	0.583	0.425	0.662	0.643
PY Symptomatic	0.261	0.305	0.321	0.640	0.601	0.631	0.423	0.623	0.276	0.675	0.579
NESARC III
Full Data	0.693	0.640	0.684	0.754	0.571	0.753	0.668	0.590	0.607	0.684	0.699
PY Drink	0.678	0.630	0.673	0.736	0.526	0.730	0.651	0.548	0.589	0.654	0.668
PY Binge	0.609	0.559	0.600	0.709	0.547	0.699	0.603	0.557	0.525	0.616	0.640
PY Symptomatic	0.498	0.424	0.444	0.690	0.611	0.699	0.515	0.622	0.317	0.619	0.639

Note: The 11 criteria are larger amounts/longer use (LL), inability to cut down (CD), spend a lot of time obtaining/drinking/recovering from its effects (TS), craving (CR), failure to fulfill major roles and obligations (FF), social/interpersonal problems (SI), give up activities (GU), hazardous use (HZ), use despite physical/psychological problems (PP), tolerance (TL), and withdrawal (WD).