Table 2.
Past-Year Binge Drinking and High-Intensity Binge Drinking Among Women and Men by Sexual Attraction, Sexual Behavior, and Sexual Identity in the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions III, 2012–2013
| 4+/5+ Threshold | 8+/10+ Threshold | 12+/15+ Threshold | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | %w | 95% CI | n | %w | 95% CI | n | %w | 95% CI | |
| Women | |||||||||
| Sexual attraction | χ2 = 49.07, p < 0.001 | χ2 = 50.95, p < 0.001 | χ2 = 25.62, p < 0.001 | ||||||
| Exclusively other-sex | 4395 | 25.44 | 24.26–26.65 | 1142 | 6.70 | 6.12–7.32 | 462 | 2.64 | 2.31–3.00 |
| Mostly other-sex | 374 | 46.10 | 41.06–51.21 | 131 | 15.92 | 12.64–19.86 | 56 | 5.60 | 3.83–8.11 |
| Both men and women | 170 | 43.96 | 37.11–51.05 | 66 | 15.35 | 11.93–19.54 | 36 | 7.56 | 5.28–10.72 |
| Mostly/exclusively same-sex | 264 | 42.14 | 36.63–47.86 | 110 | 18.61 | 14.72–23.24 | 49 | 8.01 | 5.84–10.89 |
| Sexual behavior | χ2 = 79.64, p < 0.001 | χ2 = 107.29, p < 0.001 | χ2 = 60.55, p < 0.001 | ||||||
| Exclusively other-sex | 4568 | 25.74 | 24.58–26.94 | 1187 | 6.77 | 6.20–7.39 | 479 | 2.62 | 2.31–2.96 |
| Exclusively same-sex | 139 | 41.00 | 33.46–48.98 | 58 | 17.23 | 12.58–23.13 | 28 | 8.81 | 5.77–13.22 |
| Both men and women | 496 | 51.26 | 46.74–55.76 | 204 | 21.42 | 18.40–24.79 | 96 | 9.11 | 7.17–11.52 |
| Sexual identity | χ2 = 82.52, p < 0.001 | χ2 = 63.29, p < 0.001 | χ2 = 23.17, p < 0.001 | ||||||
| Heterosexual | 4854 | 26.30 | 25.11–27.53 | 1313 | 7.19 | 6.60–7.84 | 543 | 2.86 | 2.54–3.22 |
| Gay/lesbian | 130 | 48.68 | 41.80–55.62 | 58 | 20.69 | 15.88–26.49 | 26 | 8.17 | 5.34–12.33 |
| Bisexual | 219 | 58.48 | 51.96–64.71 | 78 | 21.12 | 16.46–26.69 | 34 | 7.76 | 5.21–11.40 |
| Men | |||||||||
| Sexual attraction | χ2 = 2.99, p = 0.034 | χ2 = 6.55, p < 0.001 | χ2 = 1.51, p = 0.214 | ||||||
| Exclusively other-sex | 5593 | 39.74 | 38.51–40.98 | 2613 | 18.63 | 17.68–19.63 | 1022 | 7.19 | 6.64–7.79 |
| Mostly other-sex | 162 | 41.18 | 35.58–47.01 | 76 | 21.33 | 16.37–27.29 | 31 | 8.62 | 5.60–13.04 |
| Both men and women | 45 | 39.84 | 28.69–52.15 | 23 | 22.32 | 13.93–33.77 | 8 | 7.49 | 2.64–19.50 |
| Mostly/exclusively same-sex | 191 | 32.17 | 27.29–37.46 | 62 | 10.17 | 7.64–13.43 | 26 | 4.43 | 2.89–6.74 |
| Sexual behavior | χ2 = 6.02, p = 0.003 | χ2 = 11.30, p < 0.001 | χ2 = 4.07, p = 0.022 | ||||||
| Exclusively other-sex | 5670 | 39.67 | 38.43–40.92 | 2650 | 18.65 | 17.68–19.66 | 1041 | 7.25 | 6.69–7.84 |
| Exclusively same-sex | 158 | 30.79 | 26.21–35.77 | 48 | 8.80 | 6.54–11.75 | 17 | 3.18 | 1.91–5.23 |
| Both men and women | 163 | 43.61 | 37.46–49.97 | 76 | 21.22 | 16.32–27.11 | 29 | 7.43 | 4.62–11.74 |
| Sexual identity | χ2 = 3.03, p = 0.052 | χ2 = 1.87, p = 0.158 | χ2 = 0.85, p = 0.422 | ||||||
| Heterosexual | 5789 | 39.32 | 38.10–40.55 | 2687 | 18.37 | 17.43–19.34 | 1051 | 7.08 | 6.55–7.65 |
| Gay | 137 | 46.53 | 39.65–53.55 | 55 | 17.80 | 13.38–23.29 | 22 | 8.19 | 5.07–12.96 |
| Bisexual | 65 | 46.99 | 36.79–57.46 | 32 | 26.41 | 17.54–37.70 | 14 | 10.97 | 4.85–22.95 |
All Rao–Scott chi-square tests of independence between sexual attraction, sexual behavior, and sexual identity and outcomes were significant at p < 0.001.