This analysis is based on a subsample of Wave 1 NESARC respondents classified with past-year alcohol dependence at baseline, i.e., who endorsed at least three of the seven DSM-IV (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) dependence criteria for the 12 months preceding the Wave 1 interview (n=1,484), and it was further restricted to those who were reinterviewed at Wave 2 (n=1,172). Alcohol dependence was assessed using the Alcohol Use Disorders and Associated Disability Interview Schedule – DSM-IV Version (AUDADIS-IV, Grant et al., 2001) and exhibited a good level of reliability, kappa = 0.74 (Grant et al., 2003b).
