Full NESARC sample (n = 43 093) | Lifetime alcohol users* (34 827) | Sample included in the current study† (33 240) | |||||||
Number | % in sample | % alcohol dependence | Number | % in sample | % alcohol dependence | Number | % in sample | % alcohol dependence | |
Education | |||||||||
Student | 2758 | 7.2 | 18.0 | 2153 | 6.8 | 22.7 | 2115 | 7.0 | 23.0 |
⩽High school | 18137 | 39.5 | 10.3 | 13545 | 37.1 | 13.3 | 12721 | 36.6 | 13.6 |
GED | 1578 | 3.7 | 20.0 | 1325 | 3.9 | 23.4 | 1263 | 3.8 | 24.0 |
Some college | 11072 | 25.9 | 14.0 | 9495 | 27.2 | 16.1 | 9123 | 27.3 | 16.4 |
⩾4-year college | 9548 | 23.7 | 11.6 | 8309 | 25.0 | 13.3 | 8018 | 25.2 | 13.4 |
Race-ethnicity | |||||||||
Black | 8245 | 11.1 | 8.4 | 6195 | 10.1 | 11.1 | 5826 | 9.9 | 11.3 |
Hispanic | 8308 | 11.6 | 9.5 | 6121 | 10.4 | 12.8 | 5796 | 10.2 | 13.1 |
API | 1332 | 4.4 | 6.0 | 831 | 3.2 | 9.9 | 776 | 3.1 | 10.5 |
American Indian | 701 | 2.1 | 20.1 | 587 | 2.1 | 24.2 | 564 | 2.1 | 24.5 |
White | 24507 | 70.9 | 13.8 | 21093 | 74.2 | 15.9 | 20278 | 74.6 | 16.2 |
Age (years) at interview | |||||||||
18–29 | 8666 | 21.8 | 17.3 | 6920 | 21.5 | 21.2 | 6751 | 21.9 | 21.5 |
30–39 | 8942 | 20.1 | 15.9 | 7563 | 20.9 | 18.5 | 7358 | 21.2 | 18.7 |
40–49 | 8458 | 20.8 | 14.4 | 7231 | 21.8 | 16.6 | 6948 | 21.9 | 16.8 |
50–59 | 6454 | 15.7 | 10.4 | 5418 | 16.1 | 12.2 | 5160 | 16.1 | 12.2 |
⩾60 | 10573 | 21.6 | 4.2 | 7695 | 19.7 | 5.5 | 7023 | 19.0 | 5.6 |
Age (years) at first alcohol use | |||||||||
⩽12 | 1048 | 3.0 | 35.4 | 1011 | 3.0 | 34.9 | |||
13–17 | 9716 | 30.4 | 27.4 | 9539 | 30.4 | 27.4 | |||
18–29 | 21172 | 61.5 | 9.4 | 20795 | 61.6 | 9.4 | |||
30–39 | 1282 | 3.4 | 5.2 | 1247 | 3.3 | 5.4 | |||
⩾40 | 673 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 648 | 1.7 | 1.9 | |||
Sex | |||||||||
Male | 18518 | 47.9 | 17.4 | 16274 | 48.8 | 19.6 | 15551 | 51.3 | 19.9 |
Female | 24575 | 52.1 | 8.0 | 18553 | 51.2 | 10.3 | 17689 | 48.8 | 10.6 |
Birthplace | |||||||||
Foreign-born | 7320 | 14.6 | 5.4 | 4862 | 11.7 | 8.2 | 4535 | 11.3 | 8.5 |
US-born | 35622 | 85.4 | 13.7 | 29913 | 88.3 | 16.0 | 28705 | 88.7 | 16.2 |
OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; GED, graduate equivalency degree; API, Asian, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiian. *Age at first alcohol use available for 33 891 participants. †The analysis sample for the current study includes 33 240 NESARC participants who used alcohol in their lifetimes and who provided complete data for all covariates.