TY - JOUR
T1 - Degree of acculturation and the risk of crack cocaine smoking among Hispanic Americans
AU - Wagner-Echeagaray, F. A.
AU - Schutz, C. G.
AU - Chilcoat, H. D.
AU - Anthony, J. C.
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 7977926
AN - SCOPUS:0027999272
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 84
SP - 1825
EP - 1827
JO - American Journal of Public Health
JF - American Journal of Public Health
IS - 11
ER -