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