Neighborhood effects on drug reporting.
OBJECTIVE
To examine whether neighborhood racial characteristics are associated with the under reporting of life time cocaine/crack use.


METHODS
A household survey of high-risk communities with above-average admissions to state-supported drug and alcohol treatment programs.


METHODS
Chicago, Illinois, USA.


METHODS
A total of 303 adults.


METHODS
Self-reported use of cocaine/crack during a respondent's life time, hair test assays for cocaine use and level of neighborhood diversity measured using the Simpson Index.


RESULTS
Respondents from more segregated neighborhoods were more likely than those from diverse neighborhoods to under report life time cocaine/crack use.


CONCLUSIONS
Neighborhood racial characteristics should be considered as an important factor in household surveys on illicit substance use.
Richardson
Jerome
J
Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. jrichardson@psych.uic.edu
Fendrich
Michael
M
Johnson
Timothy P
TP
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology; D002641:Chicago / Q000453:epidemiology; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016578:Crack Cocaine / Q000032:analysis; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000737:chemistry; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012650:Self Disclosure; D015813:Substance Abuse Detection / Q000379:methods; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology
D016578:Crack Cocaine