Percent distribution of usual drinking level in the past year among current drinkers combined with former drinkers and lifetime abstainers by sex according to selected respondent characteristics: United States, NLAES, 1992.

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Respondent characteristics [2]	Usual Drinking Level[1]
Respondent characteristics [2]	Lifetime abstainers	Former drinker	Light drinker	Moderate drinker	Heavier drinker
Total
Both sexes	34	21.63	19.41	16.99	7.48
SE[3]	0.42	0.31	0.25	0.26	0.17
Male	21.71	22.53	20.55	22.6	11.96
SE	0.43	0.42	0.38	0.38	0.3
Female	45.33	20.8	18.35	11.81	3.36
SE	0.57	0.37	0.33	0.27	0.14

Race
White
Both sexes	30.69	22.44	20.54	18.12	7.74
SE	0.47	0.34	0.29	0.29	0.29
Male	19.03	23.11	21.3	23.68	12.28
SE	0.45	0.47	0.42	0.41	0.34
Female	41.6	21.81	19.83	12.92	3.5
SE	0.61	0.41	0.38	0.32	0.15
Black
Both sexes	48.65	18.82	12.86	11.89	6.93
SE	0.9	0.64	0.56	0.53	0.48
Male	32.42	21.01	14.91	18.55	11.9
SE	1.35	1.12	1	0.99	0.89
Female	61.72	17.05	11.21	6.52	2.93
SE	1.07	0.78	0.58	0.46	0.34
American Indian/Alaskan Native
Both sexes	33.41	24.71	16.76	19.97	5.15
SE	5.26	2.67	2.46	3.97	1.22
Male	22.76	25.49	18.4	25.05	8.31
SE	6.73	3.89	4.5	6.84	2.54
Female	42.69	24.03	15.33	15.54	--
SE	6.1	3.15	2.97	3.76	--
Asian/Pacific Islander
Both sexes	63.26	12.36	15.28	6.31	2.56
SE	1.8	1.16	1.41	0.81	0.62
Male	49.93	15.74	20.56	9.59	3.75
SE	2.65	1.81	2.17	1.41	0.96
Female	77.48	8.75	9.65	2.82	--
SE	2.15	1.4	1.61	0.69	--

Hispanic Origin
Hispanic
Both sexes	46.75	14.84	18.23	13.07	6.53
SE	1.18	0.81	0.9	0.77	0.6
Male	29.6	17.45	21.33	20.07	10.75
SE	1.59	1.3	1.44	1.32	1.11
Female	64.01	12.22	15.11	6.03	2.28
SE	1.46	0.92	1.02	0.67	0.4
Nonhispanic
Both sexes	32.79	22.26	19.55	17.3	7.6
SE	0.44	0.33	0.26	0.27	0.18
Male	20.94	23.02	20.49	22.79	12.13
SE	0.44	0.45	0.39	0.39	0.32
Female	43.64	21.56	18.7	12.28	3.46
SE	0.59	0.39	0.35	0.29	0.15

Marital Status
Married
Both sexes	32.27	24.66	20.71	15.63	6.25
SE	0.52	0.4	0.34	0.3	0.2
Male	20.99	26.29	21.97	20.52	9.59
SE	0.54	0.56	0.5	0.45	0.34
Female	43.87	22.98	19.4	10.6	2.82
SE	0.71	0.49	0.44	0.35	0.17
Living with someone as if married
Both sexes	17.13	18.59	24.02	24.62	15.29
SE	1.27	1.27	1.51	1.57	1.26
Male	9.66	17.18	20.66	31.38	20.9
SE	1.54	1.81	2.28	2.5	2.08
Female	24.47	19.97	27.32	17.98	9.78
SE	1.96	1.82	2.11	1.68	1.37
Widowed
Both sexes	60.99	19.46	9.12	7.1	2.99
SE	0.91	0.7	0.49	0.44	0.24
Male	30.5	32.73	14.02	13.13	9.23
SE	1.87	1.9	1.55	1.43	1.07
Female	67.35	16.69	8.09	5.84	1.68
SE	0.96	0.73	0.5	0.44	0.21
Divorced
Both sexes	27.58	24.74	19.29	17.83	10.16
SE	0.9	0.82	0.68	0.67	0.6
Male	12.28	25.03	18.2	24.54	19.52
SE	0.97	1.34	1.1	1.27	1.26
Female	37.25	24.55	19.98	13.6	4.24
SE	1.23	0.98	0.88	0.76	0.47
Separated
Both sexes	34.54	19.68	18.69	15.88	10.43
SE	1.57	1.23	1.34	1.14	1.07
Male	16.77	17.67	20.57	24.19	19.92
SE	2.07	2.14	2.42	2.34	2.29
Female	45.04	20.86	17.58	10.97	4.83
SE	1.97	1.47	1.52	1.08	0.95
Never married
Both sexes	34.34	12.7	18.7	23.32	10.34
SE	0.71	0.42	0.48	0.62	0.47
Male	26.84	11.5	18.16	27.65	15.05
SE	0.86	0.55	0.64	0.87	0.74
Female	43.61	14.19	19.37	17.96	4.51
SE	1.07	0.64	0.73	0.76	0.4

Years of Education
Eleven years or less
Both sexes	49.54	22.58	10.37	10.12	7.01
SE	0.66	0.58	0.4	0.42	0.39
Male	30.91	28.26	13.37	14.56	12.28
SE	0.92	1	0.66	0.73	0.72
Female	65.65	17.67	7.78	6.27	2.45
SE	0.86	0.62	0.44	0.48	0.25
Twelve years
Both sexes	36.23	23.13	17.8	14.88	7.43
SE	0.65	0.51	0.41	0.38	0.28
Male	22.89	23.98	18.48	21.12	12.81
SE	0.75	0.7	0.68	0.62	0.53
Female	47.29	22.42	17.24	9.7	2.96
SE	0.88	0.62	0.53	0.4	0.23
Thirteen to 15 years
Both sexes	28.19	21.44	22.22	19.63	8.06
SE	0.57	0.5	0.44	0.49	0.33
Male	18.31	21.11	22.44	25.16	12.43
SE	0.73	0.75	0.69	0.8	0.58
Female	36.83	21.73	22.03	14.79	4.24
SE	0.78	0.61	0.59	0.55	0.3
Sixteen or more years
Both sexes	23.61	19.08	26.53	22.87	7.36
SE	0.6	0.49	0.54	0.53	0.34
Male	16.65	18.06	26.69	27.61	10.32
SE	0.67	0.63	0.75	0.75	0.57
Female	32.01	20.3	26.34	17.16	3.79
SE	0.87	0.68	0.75	0.65	0.29

Currently Employed
Full Time
Yes
Both sexes	25.23	21.09	23.35	21.09	8.71
SE	0.45	0.37	0.37	0.35	0.25
Male	17.83	21.13	23.2	25.11	12.13
SE	0.47	0.47	0.48	0.47	0.39
Female	36.07	21.03	23.58	15.19	3.7
SE	0.71	0.55	0.52	0.43	0.22
No
Both sexes	43.35	22.21	15.2	12.62	6.18
SE	0.55	0.4	0.3	0.32	0.22
Male	28.58	25.02	15.86	18.14	11.66
SE	0.73	0.69	0.55	0.58	0.48
Female	51.57	20.65	14.83	9.54	3.13
SE	0.67	0.43	0.36	0.32	0.17

Personal Annual Income
None
Both sexes	50.21	23.57	11.83	9.26	4.64
SE	0.67	0.49	0.36	0.32	0.22
Male	31.15	31.43	14.06	13.8	8.69
SE	0.95	0.93	0.65	0.68	0.48
Female	59.47	19.75	10.75	7.05	2.67
SE	0.76	0.52	0.4	0.32	0.2
$1 to $9,999
Both sexes	38.67	19.66	18.04	15.77	7.45
SE	0.79	0.55	0.45	0.54	0.39
Male	28.75	17.91	17.28	21.53	13.94
SE	1.07	0.83	0.78	0.98	0.82
Female	44.78	20.73	18.5	12.22	3.45
SE	0.94	0.66	0.57	0.55	0.29
$10,000 to $24,999
Both sexes	29.95	21.14	21.31	18.77	8.33
SE	0.63	0.51	0.5	0.48	0.33
Male	21.96	19.99	19.9	23.89	13.6
SE	0.84	0.76	0.75	0.77	0.62
Female	37.22	22.19	22.58	14.1	3.52
SE	0.84	0.64	0.65	0.53	0.28
$25,000 or more
Both sexes	17.99	21.63	26.26	24	9.58
SE	0.51	0.48	0.49	0.48	0.34
Male	14.36	21.88	25.26	26.28	11.65
SE	0.53	0.58	0.6	0.59	0.44
Female	26.9	21.03	28.7	18.39	4.5
SE	0.92	0.74	0.86	0.71	0.4

Current/Most Recent Occupation
Executive, administrative, managerial
Both sexes	21	21.89	24.41	23.52	8.66
SE	0.72	0.76	0.74	0.73	0.49
Male	15.53	21.17	22.74	27.9	12.07
SE	0.91	1	1.01	1.05	0.79
Female	28.26	22.84	26.62	17.71	4.14
SE	1.08	1.04	1.04	0.94	0.49
Professional specialty
Both sexes	28.62	20.9	24.28	19.44	6.26
SE	0.79	0.64	0.67	0.62	0.38
Male	19.14	20.61	25.61	24.77	9.2
SE	0.97	0.97	1.04	1	0.71
Female	36.44	21.15	23.19	15.05	3.84
SE	1.07	0.8	0.85	0.7	0.36
Technician/related support
Both sexes	27.26	21.32	28.45	16.71	5.55
SE	1.37	1.27	1.39	1.2	0.75
Male	17.8	22.63	29.47	21.83	8.01
SE	1.71	1.99	2.12	1.97	1.32
Female	36.99	19.97	27.41	11.44	3.01
SE	1.91	1.7	2.14	1.3	0.68
Sales
Both sexes	32.79	20.82	20.77	17.92	7.12
SE	0.89	0.74	0.69	0.67	0.42
Male	18.94	20.56	24.42	24.38	10.92
SE	1.08	1.09	1.21	1.15	0.78
Female	43.4	21.02	17.97	12.97	4.21
SE	1.21	0.96	0.88	0.77	0.46
Administrative support including clerical
Both sexes	37.58	22.9	20.97	13.9	4.42
SE	0.74	0.6	0.55	0.51	0.29
Male	23.95	23.02	20.91	21.72	10.02
SE	1.49	1.47	1.44	1.34	1
Female	41.04	22.87	20.98	11.92	3
SE	0.85	0.64	0.62	0.5	0.25
Private household
Both sexes	64.17	15.99	10.11	6.49	2.87
SE	2.51	1.96	1.63	1.63	0.84
Male	--	--	--	--	--
SE	--	--	--	--	--
Female	64.93	15.57	9.54	6.63	2.94
SE	2.52	1.96	1.57	1.66	0.86
Protective service
Both sexes	22.25	23.7	19.23	26.17	8.35
SE	1.77	1.94	1.76	2.69	1.23
Male	18.94	23.45	19.22	28.57	9.46
SE	1.77	2.23	1.96	3.11	1.46
Female	39.66	25.05	19.27	13.51	--
SE	5.04	4.46	3.68	3.31	--
Service, except protective service and household
Both sexes	44.03	20.2	15.23	13.41	6.69
SE	0.94	0.71	0.59	0.64	0.44
Male	31.52	17.79	17.08	19.71	13.47
SE	1.6	1.24	1.19	1.4	1.29
Female	49.28	21.21	14.46	10.76	3.84
SE	1.04	0.82	0.66	0.62	0.34
Farming, forestry, fishing
Both sexes	38.69	22.41	13.81	15.93	8.26
SE	1.75	1.65	1.16	1.36	1.13
Male	32.29	23.67	14.18	18.78	9.98
SE	1.99	1.85	1.51	1.63	1.41
Female	60.22	18.16	12.55	6.31	--
SE	3.93	3.39	2.16	1.64	--
Precision production craft, repair
Both sexes	21.85	24.9	18.33	20.34	13.65
SE	0.77	0.78	0.73	0.76	0.63
Male	18.73	25.14	19.14	20.98	14.99
SE	0.79	0.83	0.8	0.81	0.71
Female	44.55	23.16	12.48	15.63	3.87
SE	2.44	2.06	1.78	1.85	0.8
Operators, fabricators, laborers
Both sexes	44.15	22.33	13.49	13.01	6.87
SE	1.16	0.92	0.8	0.66	0.6
Male	23.93	25.89	16.89	20.28	12.78
SE	1.38	1.35	1.29	1.19	1.18
Female	61.96	19.19	10.49	6.6	1.67
SE	1.47	1.13	0.88	0.61	0.34
Transportation, material moving
Both sexes	23.74	26.99	20.2	17.21	11.31
SE	1.24	1.38	1.28	1.12	0.99
Male	20.94	27.81	20.29	18.42	11.99
SE	1.28	1.48	1.35	1.23	1.06
Female	47.79	19.95	19.39	6.78	5.54
SE	4.32	3.4	3.68	1.93	1.79
Handlers, equipment Cleaners, helpers, Laborers
Both sexes	35.51	19.84	13.5	17.89	12.51
SE	1.47	1.14	0.96	1.25	1.11
Male	27.32	20.13	13.91	21.64	16.21
SE	1.68	1.44	1.16	1.56	1.54
Female	55.22	19.15	12.51	8.86	3.6
SE	2.5	2	1.79	1.38	1.21
Military
Both sexes	21.71	21.26	18.36	29.31	9.37
SE	3.14	3.17	2.93	3.48	2.02
Male	17.16	20.64	19.34	32.25	10.61
SE	3.34	3.54	3.51	4.02	2.39
Female	38.58	23.56	--	--	--
SE	8.21	6.44	--	--	--

Age Started Drinking

Sixteen years or younger
Both sexes	--	30.27	24.25	27.35	17.25
SE	--	0.71	0.63	0.64	0.63
Male	--	27.72	21.65	28	21.72
SE	--	0.88	0.78	0.82	0.85
Female	--	34.86	28.92	26.18	9.21
SE	--	1.04	1.01	0.97	0.68
Seventeen or 18 years
Both sexes	--	31.17	30.12	27.91	10.29
SE	--	0.64	0.58	0.65	0.38
Male	--	27.08	27.53	31.32	13.57
SE	--	0.78	0.77	0.81	0.56
Female	--	37.62	34.2	22.53	5.13
SE	--	0.96	0.89	0.87	0.38
Nineteen or 20 years
Both sexes	--	33.27	32.96	24.27	8.88
SE	--	0.9	0.89	0.75	0.5
Male	--	29.81	29.74	27.67	12.02
SE	--	1.21	1.23	1.13	0.8
Female	--	37.54	36.93	20.07	4.99
SE	--	1.21	1.19	0.92	0.53
Twenty-one years or older
Both sexes	--	35.91	32.13	22.89	8.35
SE	--	0.69	0.65	0.57	0.39
Male	--	30.89	28.76	27.82	11.67
SE	--	1	1.02	0.95	0.74
Female	--	40	34.86	18.89	5.65
SE	--	0.88	0.82	0.68	0.41

Any Parent Alcoholic

Yes
Both sexes	23.49	26.78	20.49	18.53	10.08
SE	0.56	0.55	0.49	0.46	0.37
Male	13.17	27.44	19.2	23.01	16.23
SE	0.68	0.91	0.78	0.75	0.7
Female	32.09	26.23	21.56	14.8	4.95
SE	0.78	0.64	0.62	0.58	0.33
No
Both sexes	36.95	20.18	19.1	16.55	6.75
SE	0.46	0.33	0.28	0.28	0.18
Male	23.95	21.24	20.9	22.49	10.84
SE	0.47	0.45	0.4	0.43	0.32
Female	49.29	19.18	17.39	10.92	2.88
SE	0.62	0.41	0.37	0.28	0.15

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 not always add to 100 percent because of missing values. See above source, especially pages 18 and 19.

[3] Standard Error.

-- Fewer than 10 respondents in this cell.