Motherhood, Psychological Risks, and Resources in Relation to Alcohol Use Disorder: Are There Differences between Black and White Women?
Table 3
Logistic regression results showing associations of major predictors with alcohol use disorders (AUD) among NESARC Black and White women who ever consumed alcohol.
(a) Odds ratios (based on bivariate associations)
Description
Black women
White women
Nonmothers
Mothers
Nonmothers
Mothers
OR (CI)
OR (CI)
OR (CI)
OR (CI)
Family history
No alcoholism
0.72 (0.32–1.63)
0.73 (0.49–1.08)
0.56 (0.42–0.74)*
0.42 (0.33–0.53)*
Perceived discrimination
No discrimination
0.35 (0.14–0.84)*
0.28 (0.17–0.46)*
0.46 (0.30–0.71)*
0.19 (0.13–0.26)*
Perceived stress
High = greater stress
1.28 (1.10–1.50)*
1.19 (1.09–1.31)*
1.21 (1.13–1.29)*
1.20 (1.14–1.27)*
Social support networks
High = greater support
1.30 (1.05–1.59)*
1.26 (1.12–1.41)*
1.18 (1.10–1.28)*
1.14 (1.05–1.24)*
Perceived social support
High = more perceived social support
0.95 (0.82–1.11)
0.96 (0.88–1.04)
1.04 (0.97–1.10)
0.93 (0.88–0.98)*
Mixed racial-ethnic networks
High = less segregated racial-ethnic networks
1.01 (0.84–1.20)
0.87 (0.77–0.99)*
0.99 (0.91–1.08)
1.06 (0.99–1.14)
Racial-ethnic identification
High = low identification with one’s own race ethnicity
0.95 (0.65–1.32)
1.07 (0.81–1.40)
1.11 (0.97–1.26)
1.15 (1.01–1.32)
; OR: odds ratios; CI: confidence intervals.
(1) All continuous predictors are standardized to the mean.
(b) Adjusted odds ratios
Description
Black women
White women
Nonmothers
Mothers
Nonmothers
Mothers
OR (CI)
OR (CI)
OR (CI)
OR (CI)
Age
Continuous
0.73 (0.55–0.98)*
0.72 (0.62–0.83)*
0.65 (0.57–0.73)*
0.66 (0.60–0.53)*
Marital status
Married
0.91 (0.25–3.40)
0.86 (0.52–1.41)
0.53 (0.34–0.84)*
0.71 (0.53–0.95)*
Employment
Employed less than 35 hours per week
0.68 (0.25–1.87)
0.99 (0.61–1.60)
0.88 (0.60–1.28)
0.72 (0.54–0.96)*
Income
More than 20000 USD
1.25 (0.47–3.33)
1.17 (0.71–1.94)
1.28 (0.89–1.84)
1.27 (0.93–1.74)
Nativity
Born in the United States
7.47 (0.93–60.14)
1.17 (0.50–2.75)
1.95 (0.77–4.91)
2.14 (0.95–4.79)
Family history
No alcoholism
0.75 (0.32–1.77)
0.8 (0.55–1.15)
0.54 (0.40–0.72)*
0.52 (0.40–0.66)*
Perceived discrimination
No discrimination
0.45 (0.18–1.10)
0.4 (0.24–0.65)*
0.75 (0.48–1.16)
0.34 (0.24–0.49)*
Perceived stress
High = greater stress
1.27 (1.05–1.53)*
1.18 (1.08–1.29)*
1.24 (1.14–1.34)*
1.11 (1.04–1.18)*
Social support networks
High = greater support
1.19 (0.76–1.87)
1.12 (0.94–1.32)
1.11 (0.94–1.32)
0.96 (0.88–1.05)
Perceived social support
High = more perceived social support
0.99 (0.79–1.23)
1 (0.93–1.08)
1.02 (0.94–1.11)
0.96 (0.90–1.02)
Mixed racial-ethnic networks
High = less segregated racial ethnic networks
1.05 (0.86–1.30)
0.81 (0.70–0.94)*
0.90 (0.82–1.00)*
0.97 (0.89–1.05)
Racial-ethnic identification
High = low identification with one’s own race ethnicity
0.83 (0.55–1.24)
1.07 (0.77–1.48)
1.11 (0.95–1.30)
1.01 (0.86–1.20)
; OR: odds ratios; CI: confidence intervals. (1) All continuous predictors are standardized to the mean.
