An Epidemiological Investigation of Male-Female Differences in Drinking and Drinking-Related Problems between US-Born and Foreign-Born Latino and Asian Americans

Table 1

Description of sociodemographic characteristics and drinking-related outcomes in males and females. Data from NLAAS, 2002-2003.

		The entire sample			US-born				Foreign-born
Demographics					Males		Females		Males		Females
		𝑛 of cases	Mean^1	se	𝑛 of cases	Mean^1	𝑛 of cases	Mean^1	𝑛 of cases	Mean^1	𝑛 of cases	Mean^1
Age (years)		4649	38.9	0.5	629	35.9	749	37.8	1494	39.0	1774	41.2
		𝑛	%^1	se	𝑛	%^1	𝑛	%^1	𝑛	%^1	𝑛	%^1
Race/Ancestry	Hispanic	2554	73.6	2.0	403	83.6	521	83.1	723	70.1	906	65.71
	Asian	2095	26.5		226	16.4	228	16.9	771	29.9	868	34.29
Born in the US	Yes	1378	36.6	2.0
	No	3268	63.4
Alcohol drinking and alcohol use disorders
MTM drinking^2		3730	61.2	1.2	540	86.8	484	63.4	1062	75.7	528	30.3
Past year drinking		1332	32.4	1.2	326	56.0	220	27.2	587	43.0	197	10.8
Ever DSM-IV alcohol abuse		299	8.7	0.9	130	23.8	61	8.7	97	8.2	11	0.4
Ever DSM-IV alcohol dependence		107	3.4	0.4	46	8.8	26	3.3	30	3.5	5	0.1
Ever dependence clinical feature		267	8.0	0.9	119	22.0	53	7.8	85	7.4	10	0.3

1Weighted percentage.
2MTM: more than minimum drinking.