Alcohol Use Among Mexican American and Non-Hispanic White 7-12th Grade Students in the Southwestern United States

Autor/in	Swaim, Randall, PhD
Titel	Alcohol Use Among Mexican American and Non-Hispanic White 7-12th Grade Students in the Southwestern United States
Quelle	In: Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 14 (2004) 2, S.1-18 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1067-828X
Schlagwörter	Mexicans; Females; White Students; Gender Differences; Ethnicity; Drinking; Mexican Americans; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mexikaner; Weibliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ethnizität; Trinken; Hispanoamerikaner; USA
Abstract	This study assessed rates of lifetime and current alcohol use among 7th- through 12th-grade Mexican American and non-Hispanic White students. Students from 55 middle and high schools from the southwestern U.S. completed a survey of alcohol use. Odds ratios were calculated for grade by gender by ethnicity comparisons for Mexican American boys (n = 2570) and girls (n = 3295), and non-Hispanic White boys (n = 1722) and girls (n = 2127). Multiple imputation was used to account for missing data. Consistent with past studies, Mexican American students used alcohol less frequently than non-Hispanic White students, but binge drank more frequently. Somewhat surprisingly, among younger students more girls than boys reported current drinking, but among older students, fewer girls reported recent drunkenness or binge drinking. Grade in school moderated a number of ethnicity and gender differences. Higher rates of alcohol use among young girls compared to young boys may signal increased risk for girls, particularly among Mexican Americans. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10