Chunk #18 — 2. Materials and methods — 2.3. Analysis

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Poor, persecuted, young, and alone: Toward explaining the elevated risk of alcohol problems among Black and Latino men who drink.

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First, we conducted descriptive analyses of racial/ethnic differences in specific dependence symptoms and consequence types at each heavy drinking level. Analyses provide context for understanding potential causal mechanisms underlying disparities. Due to the exploratory nature of the many tests conducted across specific dependence criteria and consequences types, we used p < 0.001 as our criterion for these tests. Otherwise, we used p < 0.05.