The Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Alcohol-Related Problems in a Community Sample of African American Women

Table 3

Factors associated with the number of drinking problems women experienced.

Independent variable
Age = under 30	–1.27	0.25	<.001
Health insurance = none in previous year	0.54	0.11	.002
Educational attainment = less than high school	0.50	0.10	.004
Sexual orientation = lesbian or bisexual	0.75	0.09	.008
Amount of childhood maltreatment	0.52	0.16	<.001
Perceived level of neighborhood safety	–0.95	0.09	.007
Extent of friends’ criminal involvement	1.00	0.24	<.001