TABLE 1.
Sample characteristics as a function of drinking status at 1-year after initial resolution
| Variable | Drinking Status at 1-year after Initial Resolution |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resolved Abstinent (n = 273) |
Unstable Resolution (n = 140) |
Resolved Nonabstinent (n = 80) |
Test statistic | |
| Demographic characteristics | ||||
| Male, n (%) | 181 (66.79) | 93 (66.91) | 57 (71.25) | χ2 (2) = 0.60 |
| Female, n (%) | 90 (33.21) | 46 (33.09) | 23 (28.75) | |
| White, n (%) | 178 (65.93) | 86 (62.32) | 57 (71.25) | χ2 (2) = 11.28*** |
| Other race/ethnicity, n (%) | 92 (34.07) | 52 (37.68) | 23 (28.75) | |
| Married, n (%) | 107 (40.07) | 47 (34.56) | 41 (51.25) | χ2 (2) = 5.85 |
| Not Married, n (%) | 160 (59.93) | 89 (65.44) | 39 (48.75) | |
| Employed full/part time, n (%) | 121 (45.32) | 63 (46.32) | 42 (52.50) | χ2 (2) = 1.29 |
| Unemployed, n (%) | 146 (54.68) | 73 (53.68) | 38 (47.50) | |
| Age (years) | 46.49 (10.75)a | 47.19 (11.87)a | 51.18 (14.09)b | F(2, 487) = 5.03*** |
| Education (years) | 13.82 (2.75)a | 14.37 (2.96)ab | 14.76 (2.31)b | F(2, 479) = 4.29** |
| Drinking problem history | ||||
| Help-seeking history (AA or treatment), n (%) | 49 (40.83) | 22 (40.74) | 4 (13.79) | χ2(2) = 7.79** |
| Drinking problem duration (years) | 17.09 (10.88) | 17.64 (11.45) | 16.11 (12.21) | F(2, 473) = 0.46 |
| Alcohol Dependence Scale (47) | 21.64 (9.58)a | 18.52 (8.62)b | 16.49 (8.50)b | F(2, 479) = 11.91*** |
| Drinking Problems Scale (40) | 18.25 (8.90)a | 16.44 (8.66)ab | 13.79 (8.30)b | F(2, 486) = 8.49*** |
| Preresolution year drinking practices (TLFB) | ||||
| Number of heavy drinking days (0– 365) | 246.67 (124.63)a | 197.76 (120.27)b | 210.94 (144.99)a | F(2, 486) = 7.55*** |
| Mean quantity per drinking day (ml ethanol) | 229.34 (196.93)a | 172.49 (120.71)b | 137.36 (90.37)b | F(2, 487) = 12.07*** |
| Preresolution year monetary allocation ($) | ||||
| Total income | 53,559 (70,612) | 62,657 (87,736) | 66,535 (66,810) | F(2, 485) = 1.24 |
| Total expenditures | 52,628 (56,683) | 55,970 (61,677) | 68,326 (52,228) | F(2, 484) = 2.28 |
| Discretionary expenditures (DE) | 15,953 (15,229) | 16,468 (14,959) | 17,023 (12,447) | F(2, 484) = 0.18 |
| Expenditures on alcohol | 3758 (3812)a | 3055 (2763)a | 2690 (3026)b | F(2, 485) = 3.90* |
| Money saved | 1664 (5466) | 1225 (4400) | 1784 (4670) | F(2, 485) = 0.44 |
| Alcohol/Savings DE index | 0.24 (0.28)a | 0.21 (0.29)a | 0.14 (0.31)b | F(2, 484) = 3.59* |
| Postresolution year drinking practices (TLFB) | ||||
| Number of heavy drinking days (0– 365) | 0.01 (0.10)a | 35.66 (56.70)b | 3.41 (25.61)a | F(2, 487) = 59.86*** |
| Mean quantity per drinking day (ml ethanol) | 4.14 (33.67)a | 113.87 (90.62)b | 38.49 (23.81)c | F(2, 487) = 181.59*** |
| Postresolution year monetary allocation ($) | ||||
| Total income | 51,829 (75,832) | 58,168 (98,713) | 70,737 (93,842) | F(2, 486) = 1.53 |
| Total expenditures | 49,594 (67,242) | 51,274 (67,553) | 63,093 (69,828) | F(2, 486) = 1.25 |
| Discretionary expenditures | 11,591 (11,820)a | 14,799 (22,142)a | 14,363 (18,647)a | F(2, 486) = 2.08 |
| Expenditures on alcohol | 72 (247)a | 561 (858)b | 299 (644)c | F(2, 487) = 35.84*** |
| Money saved | 1854 (5287) | 2390 (12,710) | 2655 (10,965) | F(2, 486) = 0.35 |
| Alcohol/Savings DE index | −0.09 (0.18)a | 0.02 (0.19)b | −0.05 (0.16)a | F(2, 486) = 16.11*** |
Note: Table shows means (standard deviations) for continuous variables and frequencies (percentages) for categorical variables for participants with 1-year outcome data (N = 493). Percentages reflect nonmissing cases in each categorical variable. Possible score ranges for scaled questionnaires are given in parentheses after the variable name. Higher Drinking Problems Scale scores indicate greater alcohol-related problems; higher Alcohol Dependence Scale scores indicate greater alcohol dependence levels. ASDE values could range from 1.0 to – 1.0 [1.0 = all discretionary expenditures (DE) for alcoholic beverages; – 1.0 = all DE were for saving money; 0 = equal proportions of DE for alcohol and savings). TLFB =Timeline Followback interview. Heavy drinking days: >4 drinks for women and >5 drinks for men. Monetary variables were inflation-adjusted based on national data on personal consumption expenditures provided by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/iTable.cfm?ReqID=19&step=2#reqid=19&step=2&isuri=1&1921=underlying). Means and frequencies with different superscripts were significantly different in pairwise comparisons.
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