[dkpat20.txt, dated 6/99] Percent distribution of usual drinking level in the past year among current drinkers combined with former drinkers and lifetime abstainers by age according to selected respondent characteristics: United States, NLAES, 1992 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Usual Drinking Level[1] --------------------------------------------------------- Respondent Lifetime Former Light Moderate Heavier Characteristic Abstainer Drinker Drinker Drinker Drinker [2] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Ages 18 and older 34.00 21.63 19.41 16.99 7.48 SE[3] 0.42 0.31 0.25 0.26 0.17 18-24 years 36.95 11.69 20.07 21.09 9.72 SE 0.96 0.51 0.63 0.83 0.55 25-44 years 26.47 21.92 23.20 20.27 7.59 SE 0.46 0.39 0.37 0.34 0.25 45-64 years 33.93 25.56 18.21 13.92 7.86 SE 0.67 0.58 0.48 0.43 0.33 65 and older 52.20 23.27 10.31 9.25 4.65 SE 0.79 0.60 0.39 0.38 0.25 Race White Ages 18 and older 30.69 22.44 20.54 18.12 7.74 SE 0.47 0.34 0.29 0.29 0.19 18-24 years 30.53 12.63 21.94 23.77 10.68 SE 0.98 0.61 0.74 0.95 0.64 25-44 years 22.33 22.91 24.75 21.75 7.74 SE 0.50 0.44 0.42 0.40 0.27 45-64 years 31.22 26.13 19.22 14.79 8.14 SE 0.74 0.64 0.54 0.47 0.37 65 and older 50.87 23.13 10.97 9.82 4.90 SE 0.86 0.64 0.43 0.41 0.28 Black Ages 18 and older 48.65 18.82 12.86 11.89 6.93 SE 0.90 0.64 0.56 0.53 0.48 18-24 years 61.82 8.33 12.82 10.21 6.29 SE 1.90 1.06 1.36 1.09 1.26 25-44 years 42.41 18.03 14.98 15.33 8.29 SE 1.19 0.93 0.79 0.86 0.69 45-64 years 44.99 24.86 12.44 9.76 6.86 SE 1.67 1.44 1.16 1.05 0.81 65 and older 62.15 26.12 4.85 4.12 2.31 SE 2.06 1.80 0.80 0.87 0.55 American Indian/ Alaskan Native Ages 18 and older 33.41 24.71 16.76 19.97 5.15 SE 5.26 2.67 2.46 3.97 1.22 18-24 years 32.21 -- 12.70 33.37 -- SE 11.23 -- 3.77 12.71 -- 25-44 years 23.27 32.10 24.48 16.34 -- SE 3.41 4.81 4.25 4.57 -- 45-64 years 49.15 24.41 -- -- -- SE 7.68 7.50 -- -- -- 65 and older 55.72 35.09 -- -- -- SE 8.54 7.87 -- -- -- Asian/Pacific Islander Ages 18 and older 63.26 12.36 15.28 6.31 2.56 SE 1.80 1.16 1.41 0.81 0.62 18-24 years 65.01 7.26 13.10 8.08 -- SE 4.25 2.30 2.75 2.17 -- 25-44 years 59.72 13.13 18.51 6.89 1.75 SE 2.42 1.70 1.98 1.10 0.62 45-64 years 67.58 12.51 13.09 4.52 -- SE 3.77 2.47 3.10 1.64 -- 65 and older 71.62 19.06 -- -- -- SE 5.84 5.14 -- -- -- Hispanic Origin Hispanic Ages 18 and older 46.75 14.84 18.23 13.07 6.53 SE 1.18 0.81 0.90 0.77 0.60 18-24 years 50.43 10.53 17.87 15.09 5.65 SE 2.52 1.37 1.98 1.83 1.14 25-44 years 42.46 15.41 21.07 13.63 6.59 SE 1.50 1.15 1.27 1.02 0.79 45-64 years 46.41 17.86 15.07 12.63 7.73 SE 2.67 2.01 1.75 1.66 1.65 65 and older 64.63 14.53 10.26 5.33 5.14 SE 3.90 2.75 2.79 1.88 1.44 Nonhispanic Ages 18 and older 32.79 22.26 19.55 17.30 7.60 SE 0.44 0.33 0.26 0.27 0.18 18-24 years 35.28 11.98 20.38 21.64 10.24 SE 1.01 0.55 0.67 0.88 0.60 25-44 years 24.84 22.52 23.44 20.97 7.71 SE 0.48 0.42 0.39 0.36 0.26 45-64 years 32.84 26.21 18.49 13.95 7.97 SE 0.70 0.61 0.50 0.44 0.34 65 and older 51.54 23.66 10.38 9.44 4.67 SE 0.82 0.62 0.41 0.39 0.26 Marital Status Married Ages 18 and older 32.27 24.66 20.71 15.63 6.25 SE 0.52 0.40 0.34 0.30 0.20 18-24 years 38.01 20.93 23.30 11.33 5.73 SE 1.77 1.38 1.41 1.11 1.00 25-44 years 27.44 23.85 24.26 18.45 5.53 SE 0.59 0.50 0.48 0.44 0.26 45-64 years 32.90 25.86 19.02 14.08 7.60 SE 0.79 0.71 0.60 0.51 0.39 65 and older 44.69 25.88 12.05 11.16 5.88 SE 1.02 0.84 0.61 0.58 0.40 Living with someone as if married Ages 18 and older 17.13 18.59 24.02 24.62 15.29 SE 1.27 1.27 1.51 1.57 1.26 18-24 years 21.75 9.97 27.67 25.01 15.29 SE 2.65 1.75 2.86 3.62 2.41 25-44 years 14.46 20.67 23.73 25.66 15.06 SE 1.52 1.78 1.92 1.84 1.55 45-64 years 16.60 30.28 17.69 17.27 17.99 SE 3.86 4.56 4.02 3.64 3.91 65 and older -- -- -- -- -- SE -- -- -- -- -- Widowed Ages 18 and older 60.99 19.46 9.12 7.10 2.99 SE 0.91 0.70 0.49 0.44 0.24 18-24 years -- -- -- -- -- SE -- -- -- -- -- 25-44 years 46.65 21.42 15.04 13.77 -- SE 4.83 4.07 2.99 3.33 -- 45-64 years 45.90 23.45 14.15 10.25 5.47 SE 2.13 1.80 1.48 1.25 0.81 65 and older 65.77 18.29 7.46 5.88 2.34 SE 0.97 0.77 0.48 0.44 0.23 Divorced Ages 18 and older 27.58 24.74 19.29 17.83 10.16 SE 0.90 0.82 0.68 0.67 0.60 18-24 years 21.47 13.75 24.57 24.62 15.59 SE 4.58 4.26 5.10 5.79 4.25 25-44 years 21.77 23.40 21.86 20.86 11.60 SE 1.17 1.19 0.97 0.97 0.89 45-64 years 29.76 26.80 18.28 15.71 9.19 SE 1.38 1.33 1.13 1.10 0.96 65 and older 46.75 26.35 10.46 10.12 5.92 SE 2.33 2.02 1.42 1.36 0.98 Separated Ages 18 and older 34.54 19.68 18.69 15.88 10.43 SE 1.57 1.23 1.34 1.14 1.07 18-24 years 30.24 16.03 16.39 23.48 12.24 SE 5.23 3.83 4.09 4.43 4.17 25-44 years 30.40 18.88 21.37 18.42 10.38 SE 2.00 1.62 1.90 1.51 1.53 45-64 years 39.47 21.41 15.90 11.39 10.75 SE 3.26 2.46 2.24 1.89 1.73 65 and older 56.13 24.44 10.22 -- -- SE 5.00 3.81 2.83 -- -- Never married Ages 18 and older 34.34 12.70 18.70 23.32 10.34 SE 0.71 0.42 0.48 0.62 0.47 18-24 years 38.15 9.11 18.60 23.40 10.31 SE 1.13 0.52 0.71 0.94 0.69 25-44 years 25.93 14.86 20.76 26.13 11.40 SE 0.86 0.68 0.76 0.85 0.66 45-64 years 45.10 22.55 11.51 12.85 7.76 SE 2.32 1.78 1.27 1.42 1.26 65 and older 55.88 22.96 9.27 8.33 3.16 SE 2.91 2.42 1.53 1.59 0.84 Years of Education Eleven years or less Ages 18 and older 49.54 22.58 10.37 10.12 7.01 SE 0.66 0.58 0.40 0.42 0.39 18-24 years 50.27 12.44 12.86 15.54 8.55 SE 1.83 1.18 1.25 1.45 1.04 25-44 years 38.73 20.76 14.18 14.57 11.31 SE 1.24 1.03 0.92 0.95 0.91 45-64 years 46.02 27.57 9.59 9.15 6.98 SE 1.28 1.14 0.73 0.72 0.71 65 and older 61.29 24.19 6.76 4.90 2.75 SE 1.11 0.98 0.57 0.48 0.33 Twelve years Ages 18 and older 36.23 23.13 17.80 14.88 7.43 SE 0.65 0.51 0.41 0.38 0.28 18-24 years 39.20 13.58 19.35 17.73 9.56 SE 1.42 0.95 1.19 1.22 0.84 25-44 years 29.07 23.25 20.38 17.99 8.69 SE 0.78 0.74 0.63 0.56 0.46 45-64 years 37.55 26.60 17.31 11.97 6.10 SE 1.17 1.01 0.83 0.71 0.51 65 and older 50.95 25.09 10.23 8.92 4.40 SE 1.32 1.00 0.67 0.66 0.45 Thirteen to 15 years Ages 18 and older 28.19 21.44 22.22 19.63 8.06 SE 0.57 0.50 0.44 0.49 0.33 18-24 years 32.86 10.63 21.92 23.88 10.35 SE 1.41 0.82 0.96 1.28 0.89 25-44 years 23.25 24.14 24.35 20.69 7.09 SE 0.77 0.73 0.66 0.66 0.40 45-64 years 27.74 26.06 21.44 15.50 8.75 SE 1.20 1.14 1.06 0.90 0.78 65 and older 43.20 22.55 13.92 13.56 6.22 SE 1.66 1.30 1.10 1.23 0.72 Sixteen or more years Ages 18 and older 23.61 19.08 26.53 22.87 7.36 SE 0.60 0.49 0.54 0.53 0.34 18-24 years 21.18 9.50 28.17 30.24 10.27 SE 2.29 1.39 2.14 2.59 2.32 25-44 years 21.19 18.88 29.23 24.65 5.48 SE 0.71 0.62 0.70 0.69 0.35 45-64 years 23.73 22.04 24.22 19.54 9.97 SE 1.08 1.00 1.05 0.97 0.71 65 and older 38.57 17.95 16.53 17.40 9.16 SE 1.71 1.33 1.33 1.32 0.93 Currently Employed Full Time Yes Ages 18 and older 25.23 21.09 23.35 21.09 8.71 SE 0.45 0.37 0.37 0.35 0.25 18-24 years 28.96 11.53 23.80 24.33 10.64 SE 1.23 0.75 1.04 1.27 0.91 25-44 years 22.74 20.71 24.50 23.06 8.42 SE 0.49 0.44 0.46 0.42 0.31 45-64 years 28.31 25.57 21.16 15.94 8.62 SE 0.81 0.75 0.67 0.59 0.45 65 and older 36.73 22.89 16.10 16.41 7.16 SE 2.96 2.43 2.04 2.28 1.51 No Ages 18 and older 43.35 22.21 15.20 12.62 6.18 SE 0.55 0.40 0.30 0.32 0.22 18-24 years 42.62 11.81 17.42 18.80 9.06 SE 1.36 0.66 0.82 1.03 0.70 25-44 years 34.62 24.55 20.35 14.18 5.78 SE 0.77 0.68 0.59 0.54 0.37 45-64 years 41.48 25.54 14.23 11.20 6.84 SE 0.94 0.75 0.63 0.55 0.45 65 and older 52.95 23.28 10.03 8.91 4.52 SE 0.80 0.62 0.40 0.38 0.25 Personal Annual Income None Ages 18 and older 50.21 23.57 11.83 9.26 4.64 SE 0.67 0.49 0.36 0.32 0.22 18-24 years 57.52 14.99 13.98 10.26 3.09 SE 2.45 1.63 1.47 1.96 0.75 25-44 years 43.45 25.24 16.12 10.68 3.99 SE 1.17 0.97 0.86 0.77 0.45 45-64 years 44.70 25.20 12.59 9.95 6.59 SE 1.21 1.01 0.80 0.64 0.55 65 and older 54.50 23.30 9.48 8.22 4.18 SE 0.83 0.65 0.40 0.38 0.26 $1 to $9,999 Ages 18 and older 38.67 19.66 18.04 15.77 7.45 SE 0.79 0.55 0.45 0.54 0.39 18-24 years 39.09 11.11 18.28 21.10 9.98 SE 1.36 0.65 0.74 1.04 0.81 25-44 years 34.38 23.75 20.38 14.35 6.64 SE 0.99 0.96 0.81 0.73 0.54 45-64 years 44.78 25.83 14.38 9.74 5.03 SE 1.61 1.38 1.04 0.84 0.73 65 and older 43.04 25.47 14.14 11.83 5.14 SE 2.17 1.81 1.52 1.43 0.86 $10,000 to $24,999 Ages 18 and older 29.95 21.14 21.31 18.77 8.33 SE 0.63 0.51 0.50 0.48 0.33 18-24 years 26.85 11.23 25.53 24.64 11.12 SE 1.37 0.86 1.35 1.47 0.93 25-44 years 27.37 22.04 21.99 19.64 8.40 SE 0.76 0.68 0.63 0.60 0.45 45-64 years 36.75 25.75 17.58 13.47 6.11 SE 1.20 1.01 0.94 0.78 0.56 65 and older 45.57 18.22 13.72 11.56 10.81 SE 3.87 2.64 2.97 2.48 2.09 $25,000 or more Ages 18 and older 17.99 21.63 26.26 24.00 9.58 SE 0.51 0.48 0.49 0.48 0.34 18-24 years 17.21 11.79 24.33 29.49 16.39 SE 2.46 2.07 2.72 3.46 2.58 25-44 years 16.64 19.91 27.79 26.59 8.49 SE 0.56 0.58 0.62 0.60 0.38 45-64 years 20.07 25.57 24.12 18.71 11.07 SE 0.92 0.90 0.89 0.79 0.65 65 and older 25.95 21.01 17.30 26.36 8.95 SE 3.30 3.07 2.53 3.31 2.11 Current/Most Recent Occupation Executive, administrative managerial Ages 18 and older 21.00 21.89 24.41 23.52 8.66 SE 0.72 0.76 0.74 0.73 0.49 18-24 years 21.75 10.57 26.15 30.90 9.94 SE 3.02 2.22 3.35 3.85 2.34 25-44 years 16.65 21.33 29.18 25.36 6.92 SE 0.88 0.99 1.10 1.02 0.64 45-64 years 21.27 24.54 21.77 21.08 10.79 SE 1.38 1.54 1.24 1.29 0.98 65 and older 37.41 21.93 11.83 19.59 9.12 SE 2.19 1.82 1.51 1.74 1.20 Professional specialty Ages 18 and older 28.62 20.90 24.28 19.44 6.26 SE 0.79 0.64 0.67 0.62 0.38 18-24 years 29.04 10.76 23.21 27.82 8.62 SE 3.25 2.01 2.41 2.93 1.95 25-44 years 24.33 21.36 27.75 21.74 4.27 SE 0.97 0.83 0.93 0.86 0.42 45-64 years 27.69 23.59 22.47 16.42 9.51 SE 1.42 1.39 1.31 1.12 0.89 65 and older 46.91 18.93 14.94 12.28 6.34 SE 1.96 1.55 1.33 1.26 0.95 Technician/related support Ages 18 and older 27.26 21.32 28.45 16.71 5.55 SE 1.37 1.27 1.39 1.20 0.75 18-24 years 28.04 11.00 24.92 27.59 7.40 SE 3.93 2.65 3.36 4.20 2.36 25-44 years 24.25 22.66 31.31 15.95 5.25 SE 1.63 1.67 1.82 1.47 0.94 45-64 years 29.06 22.81 28.45 13.07 5.43 SE 3.27 2.85 3.61 2.32 1.86 65 and older 42.90 25.16 14.15 12.86 -- SE 4.84 4.15 3.44 3.12 -- Sales Ages 18 and older 32.79 20.82 20.77 17.92 7.12 SE 0.89 0.74 0.69 0.67 0.42 18-24 years 39.53 13.47 21.90 18.41 6.33 SE 1.87 1.27 1.56 1.56 0.89 25-44 years 24.10 23.09 23.99 21.23 6.85 SE 1.18 1.17 1.11 1.05 0.65 45-64 years 31.83 22.21 20.14 16.63 8.64 SE 1.73 1.48 1.42 1.38 1.01 65 and older 48.81 22.18 11.63 10.49 6.38 SE 2.06 1.68 1.38 1.22 0.84 Administrative support, including clerical Ages 18 and older 37.58 22.90 20.97 13.90 4.42 SE 0.74 0.60 0.55 0.51 0.29 18-24 years 39.48 14.01 21.95 18.33 5.99 SE 1.90 1.26 1.47 1.67 0.93 25-44 years 31.56 24.17 24.35 15.64 4.08 SE 1.01 0.88 0.88 0.77 0.41 45-64 years 39.74 25.66 18.97 11.21 4.16 SE 1.41 1.26 1.09 0.88 0.57 65 and older 49.35 22.92 13.79 9.33 4.34 SE 1.66 1.30 1.06 0.91 0.64 Private household Ages 18 and older 64.17 15.99 10.11 6.49 2.87 SE 2.51 1.96 1.63 1.63 0.84 18-24 years 64.60 -- -- -- -- SE 7.69 -- -- -- -- 25-44 years 47.68 17.75 18.36 11.72 -- SE 5.01 3.61 4.01 4.00 -- 45-64 years 70.14 13.81 -- -- 5.34 SE 4.80 4.12 -- -- 2.32 65 and older 74.65 17.05 -- -- -- SE 3.39 2.61 -- -- -- Protective service Ages 18 and older 22.25 23.70 19.23 26.17 8.35 SE 1.77 1.94 1.76 2.69 1.23 18-24 years 26.74 -- 17.14 38.39 11.41 SE 5.18 -- 4.21 7.34 3.87 25-44 years 23.66 17.20 22.82 29.48 6.42 SE 2.85 2.26 2.62 4.27 1.56 45-64 years 15.50 36.16 18.47 16.43 13.00 SE 3.29 4.96 3.95 3.48 3.12 65 and older 22.56 48.67 9.43 14.93 -- SE 4.38 5.37 3.28 3.91 -- Service, except protective service and household Ages 18 and older 44.03 20.20 15.23 13.41 6.69 SE 0.94 0.71 0.59 0.64 0.44 18-24 years 37.33 12.89 17.70 19.83 11.75 SE 1.82 1.16 1.36 1.48 1.49 25-44 years 35.81 21.96 18.47 15.71 7.54 SE 1.31 1.12 0.99 1.03 0.67 45-64 years 50.66 23.94 13.13 8.43 3.39 SE 1.82 1.55 1.16 0.99 0.52 65 and older 65.20 21.28 6.40 5.20 1.74 1.75 1.53 0.89 0.86 0.50 Farming, forestry, fishing Ages 18 and older 38.69 22.41 13.81 15.93 8.26 SE 1.75 1.65 1.16 1.36 1.13 18-24 years 35.16 9.77 18.35 24.48 12.24 SE 4.08 2.48 3.27 3.95 3.02 25-44 years 31.20 22.28 16.66 19.25 8.94 SE 3.16 2.65 2.39 2.64 1.81 45-64 years 39.92 25.71 13.10 11.78 8.32 SE 4.24 3.16 2.59 2.32 2.31 65 and older 53.07 30.52 5.66 7.15 -- SE 3.41 3.52 1.12 1.58 -- Precision production, craft, repair Ages 18 and older 21.85 24.90 18.33 20.34 13.65 SE 0.77 0.78 0.73 0.76 0.63 18-24 years 27.36 8.81 21.14 22.14 19.31 SE 2.48 1.52 2.47 2.35 2.14 25-44 years 15.10 22.43 19.81 25.77 16.14 SE 0.94 1.12 1.04 1.13 1.03 45-64 years 21.95 32.03 18.70 14.98 11.10 SE 1.53 1.65 1.59 1.36 1.20 65 and older 38.34 31.79 11.52 11.13 6.40 SE 2.09 1.92 1.26 1.23 0.98 Operators, fabri- cators, laborers Ages 18 and older 44.15 22.33 13.49 13.01 6.87 SE 1.16 0.92 0.80 0.66 0.60 18-24 years 38.45 12.09 19.68 20.04 9.75 SE 3.22 2.11 2.83 2.79 1.94 25-44 years 35.84 21.28 17.37 17.80 7.34 SE 1.62 1.32 1.23 1.11 1.01 45-64 years 41.93 27.99 11.44 10.48 8.16 SE 2.28 1.97 1.52 1.29 1.41 65 and older 63.56 22.41 6.27 4.36 3.40 SE 2.03 1.67 0.96 0.88 0.66 Transportation, material moving Ages 18 and older 23.74 26.99 20.20 17.21 11.31 SE 1.24 1.38 1.28 1.12 0.99 18-24 years 36.01 6.44 24.93 17.84 14.78 SE 4.33 2.18 4.39 3.57 3.35 25-44 years 20.31 22.13 21.40 22.29 13.43 SE 1.69 1.92 1.96 1.75 1.51 45-64 years 23.82 34.02 19.62 12.92 8.58 SE 2.45 2.90 2.35 1.90 1.49 65 and older 25.63 42.73 14.09 9.53 7.77 SE 2.94 3.36 2.45 2.20 1.86 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, laborers Ages 18 and older 35.51 19.84 13.50 17.89 12.51 SE 1.47 1.14 0.96 1.25 1.11 18-24 years 35.53 11.78 16.40 23.04 12.11 SE 3.12 1.86 2.06 2.49 1.93 25-44 years 26.07 19.97 15.28 20.88 16.92 SE 2.06 1.86 1.70 2.00 2.22 45-64 years 36.32 29.82 9.87 11.97 11.77 SE 3.79 3.54 1.94 2.31 2.83 65 and older 61.08 22.65 7.37 6.77 -- SE 4.10 3.35 1.70 2.28 -- Military Ages 18 and older 21.71 21.26 18.36 29.31 9.37 SE 3.14 3.17 2.93 3.48 2.02 18-24 years 22.59 -- -- 36.05 -- SE 6.13 -- -- 6.07 -- 25-44 years 16.77 21.22 22.27 31.56 8.18 SE 4.31 3.51 4.39 5.03 2.77 45-64 years -- -- -- -- -- SE -- -- -- -- -- 65 and older 38.59 44.28 -- -- -- SE 9.64 10.36 -- -- -- Age Started Drinking Sixteen years or younger Ages 18 and older -- 30.27 24.25 27.35 17.25 SE -- 0.71 0.63 0.64 0.63 18-24 years -- 19.75 23.72 33.36 22.50 SE -- 1.20 1.29 1.59 1.44 25-44 years -- 30.48 25.95 27.57 15.12 SE -- 0.85 0.80 0.81 0.75 45-64 years -- 40.09 21.21 20.13 17.36 SE -- 1.88 1.61 1.50 1.44 65 and older -- 46.04 19.09 19.75 14.23 SE -- 2.55 2.20 1.91 1.70 Seventeen or 18 years Ages 18 and older -- 31.17 30.12 27.91 10.29 SE -- 0.64 0.58 0.65 0.38 18-24 years -- 17.19 35.15 36.60 10.14 SE -- 1.25 1.72 1.88 1.02 25-44 years -- 29.05 32.20 29.32 9.01 SE -- 0.80 0.75 0.80 0.48 45-64 years -- 39.83 25.03 21.15 13.54 SE -- 1.31 1.17 1.14 0.92 65 and older -- 47.16 20.86 21.07 10.48 SE -- 2.02 1.55 1.63 1.18 Nineteen or 20 years Ages 18 and older -- 33.27 32.96 24.27 8.88 SE -- 0.90 0.89 0.75 0.50 18-24 years -- 16.60 46.14 29.53 7.50 SE -- 2.29 3.07 2.67 1.48 25-44 years -- 31.28 33.24 26.13 8.53 SE -- 1.23 1.15 1.03 0.71 45-64 years -- 35.64 32.50 21.83 9.52 SE -- 1.71 1.78 1.35 0.96 65 and older -- 49.20 22.34 18.09 9.92 SE -- 2.16 1.78 1.57 1.34 Twenty-one years or older Ages 18 and older -- 35.91 32.13 22.89 8.35 SE -- 0.69 0.65 0.57 0.39 18-24 years -- 19.70 47.25 24.78 7.23 SE -- 3.42 4.19 3.41 2.75 25-44 years -- 27.81 37.16 26.54 7.62 SE -- 1.01 1.08 0.99 0.58 45-64 years -- 38.23 30.71 21.04 9.42 SE -- 1.23 1.10 0.93 0.70 65 and older -- 48.90 23.34 19.31 7.87 SE -- 1.39 1.10 1.07 0.70 Any Parent Alcoholic Yes Ages 18 and older 23.49 26.78 20.49 18.53 10.08 SE 0.56 0.55 0.49 0.46 0.37 18-24 years 30.14 15.81 18.80 23.36 11.40 SE 1.46 1.11 1.32 1.52 0.97 25-44 years 18.65 27.95 23.02 19.45 10.17 SE 0.65 0.80 0.66 0.63 0.54 45-64 years 24.89 30.74 18.67 15.22 9.93 SE 1.12 1.17 0.98 0.90 0.77 65 and older 39.82 29.34 11.64 12.04 6.82 SE 2.02 1.91 1.26 1.28 0.97 No Ages 18 and older 36.95 20.18 19.10 16.55 6.75 SE 0.46 0.33 0.28 0.28 0.18 18-24 years 39.24 10.31 20.50 20.33 9.15 SE 1.14 0.55 0.70 0.87 0.63 25-44 years 29.22 19.80 23.26 20.56 6.69 SE 0.53 0.41 0.43 0.41 0.26 45-64 years 36.36 24.17 18.08 13.57 7.30 SE 0.75 0.63 0.54 0.47 0.35 65 and older 53.48 22.64 10.18 8.97 4.42 SE 0.79 0.62 0.41 0.39 0.26 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System. Stinson, F.S.; Yi, H.; Grant, B.F.; Chou, P.; Dawson, D.A.; and Pickering, R. Drinking in the United States: Main Findings from the 1992 National Longitudinal Alcohol Epidemiologic Survey (NLAES). U.S. Alcohol Epidemiologic Data Reference Manual, Vol. 6, 1st Edition. Rockville, MD: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Division of Biometry and Epidemiology (November 1998). [1] Lifetime abstainer: never had 12 or more drinks in any year of life. Former drinker: 12 or more drinks in any one year, but not in past year. Light drinker: 12 or more drinks in past year and fewer than 3 drinks per week on average. Moderate drinker: 3 to fewer than 14 drinks per week on average in past year. Heavier drinker: 2 or more drinks per day on average in past year. [2] Excludes respondents for whom the characteristic was coded "other or unknown." Percentages do no always add to 100 percent because of missing values. See above source. [3] Standard Error. -- Fewer than 10 respondents in this cell.