Table 4 Association between less than college degree versus college degree or more and alcohol dependence following school completion among all participants and among the subset of US born participants in the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions, 2001–2002*

	All participants (n = 29 519)			US-born participants (n = 25 376)
	No	OR(95% CI)	χ², df = 1(p Value)	No	OR(95% CI)	χ², df = 1(p Value)
Black	5282	2.24 (1.45 to 3.45)	13.84 (0.0002)	4945	2.11 (1.36 to 3.27)	11.63 (0.001)
Hispanic	5185	1.12 (0.72 to 1.73)	0.25 (0.62)	2654	0.97 (0.57 to 1.64)	0.01 (0.91)
API	626	2.35 (0.95 to 5.78)	3.57 (0.059)	194	4.09 (1.56 to 10.77)	8.46 (0.004)
American Indian	491	10.99 (2.51 to 48.09)	10.51 (0.001)	477	10.99 (2.51 to 48.09)	10.51 (0.001)
White	17935	1.46 (1.25 to 1.71)	22.98 (<0.001)	17106	1.42 (1.22 to 1.67)	20.10 (<0.001)

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; API, Asian, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiian. *Models estimated separately for each race-ethnic group, excluding person-years before school completion. Number of participants with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, fourth edition, alcohol dependence = 2585 (2387 among US-born participants).