Research Article

The Great Recession and Drinking Outcomes: Protective Effects of Politically Oriented Coping

Table 1

Characteristics of study variables ().

CharacteristicsRangeMeanStandard deviation

Past-month drinking patterns 0–14 5.3892.307
Problematic drinking0–7 0.5801.046
Economy-related stressors0–4813.5539.863
Active coping0–249.6305.790
Support coping0–122.8082.767
Avoidant coping0–255.7024.769
Politically oriented coping0–163.2403.307
Gender (% female) 0,151.3
Age19–9154.83814.713
Education (%)
 Less than high school0,16.8
 High school graduate0,153.4
 College graduate 0,116.8
 Postcollege training0,123.0
Race/ethnicity (%)
 Non-Hispanic White0,167.0
 African American0,112.2
 Hispanic0,113.9
 Asian0,14.4
 Other0,12.5