Table 3.
Negative Alcohol Use Consequence Endorsement among Age 19/20 Past 12-month Alcohol Users, by Binge Drinking and Sex
| By Binge Drinking | By Sex | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No binge % (SE) | Binge % (SE) | pa | Women % (SE) | Men % (SE) | p | |
| Any consequence endorsement | 33.0 (2.13) | 72.3 (2.28) | <0.001 | 52.7 (2.20) | 47.6 (2.70) | 0.144 |
| Caused you to behave in ways that you later regretted | 21.9 (1.82) | 60.3 (2.49) | <0.001 | 40.5 (2.14) | 37.0 (2.58) | 0.299 |
| Any emotional/physical consequences | 18.8 (1.73) | 44.0 (2.54) | <0.001 | 33.9 (2.04) | 25.3 (2.38) | 0.008 |
| Caused you to have less energy | 10.4 (1.35) | 24.1 (2.10) | <0.001 | 17.6 (1.61) | 15.1 (1.83) | 0.312 |
| Caused you to be less stable emotionally | 7.7 (1.17) | 20.2 (1.98) | <0.001 | 17.3 (1.62) | 8.6 (1.45) | <0.001 |
| Made you feel bad (e.g., depressed, anxious, ashamed) | 5.5 (1.00) | 13.3 (1.68) | <0.001 | 11.2 (1.37) | 6.3 (1.25) | 0.012 |
| Caused your physical health to be bad | 2.6 (0.68) | 10.9 (1.85) | <0.001 | 5.2 (0.92) | 7.5 (1.66) | 0.207 |
| Caused you to be less interested in other activities | 2.6 (0.67) | 9.8 (1.53) | <0.001 | 4.5 (0.84) | 7.2 (1.38) | 0.077 |
| Any relational consequences | 15.0 (1.67) | 40.2 (2.51) | <0.001 | 26.3 (1.91) | 25.9 (2.40) | 0.903 |
| Caused you to get into angry argument | 8.4 (1.26) | 29.2 (2.38) | <0.001 | 17.3 (1.64) | 17.9 (2.14) | 0.840 |
| Hurt relationship with spouse/fiancée/girlfriend/boyfriend | 6.9 (1.20) | 20.5 (2.12) | <0.001 | 14.0 (1.45) | 11.7 (1.91) | 0.351 |
| Hurt relationships with friends | 4.2 (0.86) | 12.8 (1.64) | <0.001 | 9.2 (1.21) | 6.7 (1.27) | 0.165 |
| Hurt relationship with parents | 3.5 (0.75) | 9.7 (1.41) | <0.001 | 6.4 (1.03) | 6.0 (1.11) | 0.807 |
| Hurt relationship with children | 0.3 (0.20) | 1.2 (0.64) | 0.077 | 0.2 (0.19) | 1.3 (0.62) | 0.046 |
| Any performance/financial consequences | 6.4 (1.05) | 24.8 (2.11) | <0.001 | 14.9 (1.49) | 14.0 (1.73) | 0.691 |
| Hurt performance in school/on the job | 4.8 (0.91) | 20.1 (1.97) | <0.001 | 11.6 (1.34) | 11.4 (1.61) | 0.937 |
| Caused financial difficulties | 2.1 (0.61) | 9.5 (1.44) | <0.001 | 5.5 (0.97) | 5.2 (1.10) | 0.824 |
| Caused you to drive unsafely | 4.4 (0.90) | 15.2 (2.02) | <0.001 | 7.6 (1.15) | 10.9 (1.82) | 0.110 |
Notes: Unweighted n = 1,068.
a
P-values from Rao-Scott chi square tests of differences in the percentage of respondents in each category of the independent variable (i.e., binge drinking or living situation) reporting the specified consequence; if p<0.05, estimates are presented in bold font.