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

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Alcohol-related problem</td><td class="align_center">Prevalence (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Wanted to quit or cut down on one’s drinking</td><td class="align_center">49.6</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Consumed more alcohol than one wanted to</td><td class="align_center">31.0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Experienced cravings for alcohol</td><td class="align_center">27.8</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Receiving complaints from others as a result of one’s alcohol (ab)use</td><td class="align_center">24.6</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Problems with one’s family because of one’s alcohol use</td><td class="align_center">21.0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Physical fights as a result of one’s drinking</td><td class="align_center">20.1</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Problems with one’s friends because of one’s drinking</td><td class="align_center">18.5</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Trying to hide one’s drinking from others</td><td class="align_center">9.5</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Legal problems resulting from alcohol (ab)use</td><td class="align_center">9.2</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Experiencing withdrawal symptoms when unable to drink</td><td class="align_center">8.4</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 2: The Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Alcohol-Related Problems in a Community Sample of African American Women 