The Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Alcohol-Related Problems in a Community Sample of African American Women

Table 1

Sample characteristics.

	No alcohol during past-year; ()	Some alcohol during past-year; ()
Age group
18–29	48.3	35.9
30–39	26.1	18.7
40–49	18.9	28.1
50 and older	16.7	17.3
Educational attainment
Less than high school graduation	31.0	40.6
High school graduation or equivalent	52.3	34.7
At least some college	16.7	24.7
Employment status
Unemployed	74.1	68.6
Employed, part-time	9.2	14.2
Employed, full-time	8.1	8.1
Relationship status
Not married or “involved”	35.6	40.0
Married or “involved”	64.4	60.0
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual	93.1	89.4
Gay, lesbian, or bisexual	6.9	10.6

Please note that statistical differences between past-year alcohol users and nonusers are as follows:
and .