title: Indicators of substance use among pregnant adolescents in the Mississippi Delta.
abstract: Data were collected from 293 pregnant adolescents living in the southern Illinois section of the Mississippi Delta region concerning their substance use behaviors in 1989 and 1990. Subjects used a variety of drugs in the past and present. For example, 24.4% of the sample reported they presently smoked cigarettes. Alcohol was used by 20.4% in the previous five months, while 5.2% reported marijuana use during the same period. Regression models designed to predict substance use produced adjusted r2 values of .30 (SE = 1.06) for cigarette use, .38 (SE = .49) for marijuana use, and .43 (SE = .59) for alcohol use. Significant indicators included peer and personal substance use behavior, parental substance use, and having previously received mental health treatment.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Health Education, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 62901.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Sarvela
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Ford
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois / Q000453:epidemiology; D002189:Marijuana Abuse / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*