Table 4.
Odds ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) from logit models predicting any alcohol abuse (based on the MAST), pooled data from MIDUS Waves M1 (1995–96) and R1 (2011–14), N=5632
| (1) | (2a) | (2b) | (3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
| Male | 1.70 | 1.32–2.19 | 1.60 | 1.22–2.10 | 1.73 | 1.33–2.24 | 1.56 | 1.18–2.04 |
| Age - 40 | 0.95 | 0.94–0.96 | 0.95 | 0.94–0.97 | 0.95 | 0.94–0.97 | 0.95 | 0.93–0.97 |
| Period 2011–14 × Age <50 | 0.89 | 0.64–1.24 | 0.86 | 0.62–1.20 | 0.82 | 0.59–1.13 | 0.84 | 0.61–1.16 |
| Period 2011–14 × Age 50+ | 1.51 | 0.98–2.32 | 1.38 | 0.88–2.16 | 1.29 | 0.84–1.99 | 1.31 | 0.84–2.04 |
| (Non-Latino white) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Non-Latino black | 0.70 | 0.39–1.26 | 0.67 | 0.37–1.22 | 0.64 | 0.35–1.19 | 0.67 | 0.36–1.24 |
| Non-Latino other race | 1.50 | 0.88–2.55 | 1.44 | 0.83–2.49 | 1.59 | 0.93–2.71 | 1.59 | 0.93–2.73 |
| Latino | 1.04 | 0.67–1.62 | 0.97 | 0.61–1.53 | 1.03 | 0.66–1.61 | 1.03 | 0.65–1.62 |
| Married or living with a partner | 0.55 | 0.43–0.72 | 0.61 | 0.46–0.81 | 0.62 | 0.48–0.80 | 0.62 | 0.46–0.82 |
| (H.S. graduate or less) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Some college | 1.09 | 0.80–1.48 | 1.13 | 0.82–1.55 | 1.17 | 0.85–1.59 | 1.14 | 0.83–1.58 |
| B.A./B.S. or higher | 0.94 | 0.69–1.27 | 1.04 | 0.74–1.45 | 1.17 | 0.86–1.59 | 1.13 | 0.81–1.58 |
| Household incomea | -- | -- | 1.00 | 0.85–1.18 | -- | -- | 1.05 | 0.91–1.22 |
| No assets or a deficit | -- | -- | 1.05 | 0.78–1.42 | -- | -- | 0.88 | 0.64–1.20 |
| Net assetsa | -- | -- | 1.00 | 0.85–1.17 | -- | -- | 1.07 | 0.92–1.25 |
| Covered by health insurance | -- | -- | 0.69 | 0.48–0.98 | -- | -- | 0.78 | 0.55–1.12 |
| Current employment status | ||||||||
| (Working) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Unemployed | -- | -- | 1.39 | 0.87–2.22 | -- | -- | 0.99 | 0.61–1.61 |
| Homemaker/never employed | -- | -- | 0.71 | 0.38–1.30 | -- | -- | 0.65 | 0.35–1.21 |
| Retired | -- | -- | 1.33 | 0.76–2.35 | -- | -- | 1.39 | 0.80–2.43 |
| Other | -- | -- | 1.72 | 1.02–2.92 | -- | -- | 1.13 | 0.65–1.97 |
| Maximum unemployment spell | ||||||||
| (Never)b | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| <6 months | -- | -- | 1.05 | 0.76–1.44 | -- | -- | 1.03 | 0.75–1.40 |
| 6 months to <2 years | -- | -- | 0.91 | 0.61–1.34 | -- | -- | 0.85 | 0.57–1.27 |
| 2+ years | -- | -- | 0.86 | 0.59–1.25 | -- | -- | 0.82 | 0.56–1.20 |
| Index of current financial strainc | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1.31 | 1.11–1.53 | 1.35 | 1.14–1.60 |
| Intergenerational financial disadvantagec | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1.02 | 0.87–1.18 | 1.03 | 0.88–1.20 |
| Current work uncertaintyc | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1.18 | 1.01–1.37 | 1.17 | 1.01–1.37 |
| Future work uncertaintyc | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1.01 | 0.85–1.21 | 1.01 | 0.85–1.20 |
| log Ld | −1372.4 | −1361.4 | −1346.6 | −1339.6 | ||||
| Pseudo R2 | 0.062 | 0.069 | 0.079 | 0.084 | ||||
| BIC | 2848.5 | 2930.1 | 2831.4 | 2921.0 | ||||
| AUC | 0.688 | 0.700 | 0.715 | 0.719 |
a
Expressed in thousands of 1995 dollars and standardized based on (weighted) pooled distribution.
b
Includes those never employed for six or more months.
c
Standardized based on the (weighted) pooled distribution.
d
Mean log L across five multiply-imputed datasets.