the alcoholic men. The control men were significantly more educated than the alcoholic men. There was no difference in socioeconomic status (SES) or National Adult Reading Test (NART) intelligence quotient (IQ) (Nelson 1982) scores between the groups. All 14 alcoholics endorsed having been arrested compared with only four controls (Pearson’s Chi-square < 0.000); the alcoholics were arrested 14.7 more times than the controls. Six alcoholics and four controls endorsed having either a mother or father with a drinking problem; none of the subjects endorsed both parents as having problems with alcohol. Thus, the groups did not differ in proportion of individuals with a positive history of alcoholism (Pearson’s Chi-square = 0.414). Demographics for both groups are in Table 1. Table 1Demographic characteristics of subjectsGroupNumberAgeEducationSESa NART IQDays abstinentLifetime alcohol(years)(years)Consumption (kg)Control14Mean43.5016.0731.43111.21N/A49.03SD(14.5)(3.5)(21.2)(9.1)N/A(107.2)Alcoholic14Mean37.8613.50b 42.14111.6471.91856.47b SD(9.3)(2.2)(16.1)(7.6)(32.9)(923.1) aHigher values represent lower SES bSignificant differences were identified between groups (p < 0.05)
