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.

dkpat20.htm, dated 6/99


Respondent characteristics [2]	Usual Drinking Level[1]
Respondent characteristics [2]	Lifetime abstainers	Former drinker	Light drinker	Moderate drinker	Heavier drinker
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
SE	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, fabricators, 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.