Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics

Variables [negative family history of alcoholism (FHN) = 31, positive family history of alcoholism (FHP) = 17]		Low Neuroticism means (SE) N = 28	High Neuroticism means (SE) N = 20	Statistics F	Significance (p)
Age	FHP	24.71 (1.1) n = 7	23.60 (0.8) n =10	FamHis = 0.41	0.52
	FHN	23.38 (0.6) n = 21	23.80 (0.8) n =10	N = 0.15	0.69
				FamHisXN = 0.75	0.39
Total drinking days	FHP	2.57 (1.8)	7.70 (1.5)	FamHis = 3.11	0.08
	FHN	5.90 (1.0)	9.70 (1.5)	N = 8.7	0.005
				FamHisXN = 0.19	0.66
Total number of drinks (last mo)	FHP	4.71 (7.2)	21.5 (6.0)	FamHis = 2.62	0.11
	FHN	20.7 (4.1)	24.8 (6.0)	N = 3.07	0.08
				FamHisXN = 1.1	0.29
Years of education	FHP	16.4 (0.7)	15.6 (0.6)	FamHis = 0.05	0.81
	FHN	15.6 (0.4)	16.7 (0.6)	N = 0.04	0.83
				FamHisXN = 2.5	0.12
Age at first drink	FHP	15.8 (0.7)	18.0 (0.6)	FamHis = 0.65	0.42
	FHN	17.0 (0.4)	17.8 (0.6)	N = 5.5	0.02
				FamHisXN = 1.2	0.26
Age at first heavy drinking	FHP	20.2 (1.9)	20.0 (1.8)	FamHis = 0.17	0.89
	FHN	19.9 (2.3)	20.4 (1.5)	N = 0.04	0.84
				FamHisXN = 0.22	0.63
		Low Neuroticism	High Neuroticism
	Variables	N = 28	N = 20	Statistics χ2	Significance (p)
Gender	Male	8	17	14.8	0.000
	Female	20	3
Ethnicity	White	20	13	3.6	0.45
	AA	6	4
	Other	2	3

Bold values indicate p < 0.05.