TABLE 3.

Generalized estimating equation logistic regression models of neighborhood norms around drunkenness and drinking pattern, comparing moderate drinkers and binge drinkers with abstainers, New York Social Environment Study (n = 3,979), 2005

	Model 1				Model 2*				Model 3*
	Moderate drinking†		Binge drinking‡		Moderate drinking†		Binge drinking‡		Moderate drinking‡		Binge drinking‡
	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval
Neighborhood drunkenness norms§	1.66	1.24, 2.22	2.74	2.19, 3.42	1.20	1.03, 1.39	1.92	1.44, 2.56	1.14	0.99, 1.30	1.58	1.20, 2.08
Drinking before moved to neighborhood
Never drank					1.00		1.00		1.00		1.00
Ever drank/tried drinking					0.80	0.57, 1.12	0.43	0.23, 0.82	0.75	0.53, 1.05	0.44	0.24, 0.82
Monthly drinker					5.48	4.32, 6.96	6.40	3.90, 10.50	4.81	3.75, 6.19	5.90	3.50, 9.94
Friends/family norms about drinking
No opinion									1.00		1.00
Acceptable									1.65	1.32, 2.06	1.44	1.02, 2.02
Unacceptable									0.50	0.36, 0.70	0.66	0.41, 1.08
Missing									0.68	0.38, 1.20	0.24	0.07, 0.84
Individual norm about drunkenness
No opinion									1.00		1.00
Acceptable									1.13	0.63, 2.04	1.04	0.64, 1.68
Unacceptable									0.59	0.42, 0.82	0.28	0.20, 0.39
Missing									0.58	0.23, 1.46	0.05	0.01, 0.38

^*Models additionally adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, sex, marital status, place of birth, education, income, employment, years lived in the neighborhood, and survey language.

^†Moderate drinking analysis: n = 3,541.

^‡Binge drinking analysis: n = 2,854.

^§Odds ratios for a 2-standard deviation increase in permissiveness of drunkenness norms.