Research Article
The Great Recession and Drinking Outcomes: Protective Effects of Politically Oriented Coping
Table 1
Characteristics of study variables (
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| | Characteristics | Range | Mean | Standard deviation |
| | Past-month drinking patterns | 0–14 | 5.389 | 2.307 | | Problematic drinking | 0–7 |
0.580 | 1.046 | | Economy-related stressors | 0–48 | 13.553 | 9.863 | | Active coping | 0–24 | 9.630 | 5.790 | | Support coping | 0–12 | 2.808 | 2.767 | | Avoidant coping | 0–25 | 5.702 | 4.769 | | Politically oriented coping | 0–16 | 3.240 | 3.307 | | Gender (% female) |
0,1 | 51.3 | — | | Age | 19–91 | 54.838 | 14.713 | | Education (%) | | | | | Less than high school | 0,1 | 6.8 | — | | High school graduate | 0,1 | 53.4 | — | | College graduate | 0,1 | 16.8 | — | | Postcollege training | 0,1 | 23.0 | — | | Race/ethnicity (%) | | | — | | Non-Hispanic White | 0,1 | 67.0 | — | | African American | 0,1 | 12.2 | — | | Hispanic | 0,1 | 13.9 | — | | Asian | 0,1 | 4.4 | — | | Other | 0,1 | 2.5 | — |
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