title: Self-reported versus administrative identification of American Indian and Alaska Native arrestees: effects on relative estimates of illicit drug use and alcohol abuse.
abstract: Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring program data were used to consider the effects of two methods of racial classification upon estimates of illicit drug use and alcohol abuse among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) arrestees. Overall, compared to arrestees who self-identified as Black, White, Asian/Pacific Islander, or Hispanic, arrestees self-identifying as AI/AN were most likely to be identified administratively as something other than AI/AN. Results of 'difference of difference' analyses indicate that differences in estimates of AI/AN versus non-AI/AN arrestees' illicit drug use and alcohol abuse were much more extreme when identification was based on administrative records than when based upon arrestees' self-reports.
authors.forename: Darryl S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: Zachary R
authors.initials: ZR
authors.lastname: Hays
mesh_terms: D000413:Alaska / Q000208:ethnology; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000208:ethnology; D057237:Criminals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D013287:Illicit Drugs; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000145:classification / Q000208:ethnology*; D057566:Self Report; D012933:Social Identification; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000208:ethnology*
chemical_list: D013287:Illicit Drugs