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