Degree of acculturation and the risk of crack cocaine smoking among Hispanic Americans.
Epidemiologic data from three national surveys conducted in 1988, 1990, and 1991 were used to investigate the association between acculturation and use of crack cocaine among Hispanic Americans living in the United States. Poststratification and conditional logistic regression were used to hold constant shared aspects of neighborhood environment, age, sex, and education. The analyses showed a strong inverse relationship between degree of acculturation and crack smoking among Mexican Americans (relative odds = 0.12, 95% confidence interval = 0.04, 0.34) but not among other Hispanics in the study population. This observed variation within the US Hispanic American population deserves special attention in future research.
Wagner-Echeagaray
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Centros de Integracion Juvenil, Mexico City, Mexico.
Schütz
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Chilcoat
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Anthony
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D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D016578:Crack Cocaine; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000208:ethnology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
D016578:Crack Cocaine