Table 1. Descriptive characteristics of the National Epidemiologic Survey of Alcohol and Related Conditions-III participants (2012–2013, N = 14,728, weighted N = 635,788,892).
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics |
Black n = 7,445 Weighted n = 26,550,015 |
Latino/Latina n = 6,804 Weighted n = 33,595,359 |
American Indian/ Alaska Native n = 479 Weighted n = 3,433,517 |
Total N = 14,728 Weighted N = 635,788,892 |
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| Weighted | Weighted | Weighted | Weighted | |||||||||
| n | n | col % | n | n | col % | n | n | col % | N | N | col % | |
| Age group | ||||||||||||
| 18–29 | 1,844 | 7,049,603 | 26.5 | 2,011 | 10,155,198 | 30.2 | 91 | 652,852 | 19.0 | 3,946 | 17,857,653 | 28.1 |
| 30–39 | 1,466 | 4,727,924 | 17.8 | 1,723 | 80,044,498 | 23.8 | 95 | 660,456 | 19.2 | 3,284 | 13,392,878 | 21.1 |
| 40–49 | 1,471 | 4,970,152 | 18.7 | 1,360 | 6,591,721 | 19.6 | 91 | 755,639 | 22.0 | 2,922 | 12,317,511 | 19.4 |
| 50+ | 2,664 | 9,802,336 | 36.9 | 1,710 | 8,843,943 | 26.3 | 202 | 1,364,571 | 39.7 | 4,576 | 20,020,850 | 31.4 |
| % Female | 4,415 | 14,603,636 | 55.0 | 3,806 | 16,859,041 | 50.2 | 279 | 2,010,899 | 58.6 | 8,500 | 33,473,576 | 52.6 |
| Education | ||||||||||||
| Less than high school | 1,257 | 4,261,718 | 16.1 | 2,088 | 10,204,026 | 30.4 | 73 | 524,212 | 15.3 | 3,418 | 14,989,956 | 23.6 |
| High school completion or GED | 2,451 | 8,452,645 | 31.8 | 1,921 | 9,439,928 | 28.1 | 136 | 887,946 | 25.9 | 4,508 | 18,780,519 | 29.6 |
| Some college but did not graduate, or received an associate’s or technical degree |
2,600 | 9,433,710 | 16.6 | 1,978 | 9,463,447 | 13.4 | 199 | 1,425,340 | 17.4 | 2,025 | 20,322,497 | 14.9 |
| College completion, bachelor’s degree or higher |
1,137 | 4,401,941 | 35.5 | 817 | 4,487,959 | 28.2 | 71 | 596,020 | 41.5 | 4,777 | 20,322,497 | 31.9 |
|
Lifetime drug or alcohol use disorder
(% yes) |
1,878 | 6,784,041 | 25.5 | 1,660 | 8,266,116 | 24.6 | 219 | 1,611,499 | 46.9 | 3,757 | 16,661,656 | 26.2 |
| % Ever incarcerated | 1,235 | 4,368,515 | 16.5 | 771 | 3,656,413 | 10.8 | 135 | 900,574 | 26.2 | 2,141 | 8,925,502 | 14.0 |
|
Days incarcerated
(weighted mean, 95% CLM) |
77.5 (64.5, 90.5) | 31.4 (23.9, 38.7) | 46.4 (26.5, 66.3) | 51.5 (44.6, 58.2) | ||||||||
| Racial discrimination score (0–24; weighted mean, 95% CLM) | 1.1 (1.0, 1.2) | 1.9 (1.8, 2.0) | 1.1 (0.8, 1.3) | 1.5 (1.4. 1.6) | ||||||||
|
Racial identity score
(0–48, weighted mean, 95% CLM) |
32.9 (32.6, 33.0) | 32.8 (32.6, 33.1) | 28.9 (28.1, 29.7) | 32.6 (32.5, 32.7) | ||||||||