Results for Stage II, from drinking initiation to at-risk drinking (defined as either first intoxication or first regular use of alcohol), are seen in Table 3, Stage II. Four independent predictors were identified after controlling for demographics, two of which needed to be partitioned to meet the PH assumption. All four predictors were R/S variables; no alcohol risk factor was significantly related to stage 2 drinking, results that were consistent with univariate findings (see Table 2). Two R/S variables were found to be protective (in that they delayed onset of at-risk drinking: current weekly religious attendance (z = −3.66), and those affiliations with rules against alcohol use (z = −2.17). In contrast, Accommodating religious affiliation (z = 2.54) and Catholic religious affiliation (z = 3.69 to 4.57 depending on age) accelerated onset of at-risk drinking.
