title: Alcohol-related problems among black, Hispanic and white men: the contribution of neighborhood poverty.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We examined the cross-sectional relationships between race/ethnicity, neighborhood poverty and alcohol-related problems among black, Hispanic and white male drinkers. Test hypotheses were that black and Hispanic men living in more impoverished neighborhoods would report increased numbers of alcohol-related problems than comparable white men.
  
  
  METHODS
  Study hypotheses were tested in a sample of 744 black, Hispanic and white men participating in the 1992 National Alcohol Follow-up Survey. Study hypotheses were analyzed using generalized linear model regression analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Neighborhood poverty had a greater effect on alcohol-related problems in black than in white men, partially supporting our hypothesis. Black men living in more impoverished neighborhoods reported greater numbers of alcohol-related problems than comparable white men; there were no race differences among more affluent men. Neighborhood poverty had little effect on alcohol-related problems in Hispanic men.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings suggest that, giving unfavorable economic conditions, black men will report greater numbers of alcohol-related problems than comparable white men.
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jones-Webb
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Snowden
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Herd
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Short
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hannan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011203:Poverty; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*