[dkpat11.htm, dated 8/95]
|
Characteristic |
Abstainer |
Former Drinker |
Current Drinker |
Heavier Drinker (Among Current Drinkers) |
|
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
Men |
17 |
12 |
72 |
14 |
|
Women |
42 |
8 |
51 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Age |
|
|
|
|
|
18-29 Years |
|
|
|
|
|
Men |
21 |
4 |
76 |
14 |
|
Women |
38 |
4 |
59 |
3 |
|
30-44 Years |
|
|
|
|
|
Men |
12 |
9 |
78 |
12 |
|
Women |
35 |
7 |
58 |
3 |
|
45-64 Years |
|
|
|
|
|
Men |
16 |
16 |
68 |
14 |
|
Women |
43 |
10 |
48 |
4 |
|
65 years and older |
|
|
|
|
|
Men |
21 |
23 |
56 |
15 |
|
Women |
57 |
12 |
31 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Race |
|
|
|
|
|
White |
|
|
|
|
|
Men |
15 |
12 |
74 |
14 |
|
Women |
39 |
8 |
54 |
3 |
|
Black |
|
|
|
|
|
Men |
25 |
12 |
63 |
13 |
|
Women |
59 |
8 |
33 |
4 |
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
Men |
38 |
6 |
55 |
9 |
|
Women |
61 |
5 |
33 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hispanic Origin |
|
|
|
|
|
Men |
21 |
10 |
69 |
13 |
|
Women |
56 |
6 |
38 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Education |
|
|
|
|
|
Under 12 years |
|
|
|
|
|
Men |
23 |
19 |
58 |
16 |
|
Women |
61 |
10 |
29 |
5 |
|
12 years |
|
|
|
|
|
Men |
17 |
11 |
72 |
16 |
|
Women |
42 |
8 |
50 |
3 |
|
More than 12 years |
|
|
|
|
|
Men |
13 |
8 |
79 |
11 |
|
Women |
30 |
6 |
63 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Family Income |
|
|
|
|
|
Less than $20,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Men |
21 |
16 |
63 |
15 |
|
Women |
51 |
10 |
40 |
5 |
|
$20,000 - $24,999 |
|
|
|
|
|
Men |
17 |
14 |
69 |
14 |
|
Women |
43 |
8 |
48 |
3 |
|
$25,000 - $34,999 |
|
|
|
|
|
Men |
16 |
10 |
74 |
14 |
|
Women |
40 |
7 |
54 |
3 |
|
$35,000 - $49,999 |
|
|
|
|
|
Men |
14 |
11 |
75 |
12 |
|
Women |
33 |
6 |
61 |
2 |
|
$50,000 and over |
|
|
|
|
|
Men |
10 |
7 |
84 |
13 |
|
Women |
26 |
6 |
68 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Currently Employed |
|
|
|
|
|
Men |
15 |
9 |
76 |
13 |
|
Women |
35 |
6 |
59 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Region |
|
|
|
|
|
Northeast |
|
|
|
|
|
Men |
16 |
8 |
76 |
13 |
|
Women |
37 |
6 |
57 |
3 |
|
Midwest |
|
|
|
|
|
Men |
12 |
10 |
77 |
13 |
|
Women |
36 |
8 |
57 |
3 |
|
South |
|
|
|
|
|
Men |
21 |
14 |
65 |
14 |
|
Women |
51 |
8 |
41 |
4 |
|
West |
|
|
|
|
|
Men |
15 |
12 |
73 |
14 |
|
Women |
36 |
9 |
54 |
4 |
Source: Unpublished data from the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Questionnaire of the 1990 National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics.
* Abstainer defined as a person who drinks less than 12 drinks per year or a former drinker who has not had a drink in over a year; light drinker drinks up to .21 oz of ethanol daily (up to 3 drinks per week); moderate drinker drinks between .22 and .99 oz of ethanol daily (4 to 13 drinks per week); heavier drinker consumes 1 or more oz of ethanol daily (2 drinks or more a day).
Note: Weighted data. Excludes missing data.