Substance Use and Misuse
Volume 49, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 932-940

The role of immigration status in heavy drinking among Asian Americans (Article)

Lo C.C.* , Cheng T.C. , Howell R.J.
  • a School of Social Work, University of Alabama, Little 117A, Box 870314, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0314, United States
  • b School of Social Work, University of Alabama, Little 117A, Box 870314, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0314, United States
  • c Department of Criminal Justice, Charleston Southern University, Charleston, SC, United States

Abstract

We examined the role of Asian Americans' immigration status in their heavy drinking, using a national sample of 3,574 Asian American adults during 2008 to 2011 when surveyed by the National Health Interview Survey. Our results, with relevant social structural factors controlled, show that U.S.-born Asian Americans exhibited the highest heavy-drinking levels, followed by long-time-resident Asian immigrants, then recent-resident Asian immigrants (our three main subsamples). The higher heavy-drinking levels characterizing U.S.-born Asians who were male and younger, as compared to immigrant Asians who were male and younger, helped explain differential heavy-drinking levels across subsamples. The study's limitations are noted. Copyright © 2014 Informa Healthcare USA, Inc.

Author Keywords

Recent-resident Asian immigrants Long-time-resident Asian immigrants U.S.-born Asians Heavy drinking Immigration status

Index Keywords

Asian Americans male Emigrants and Immigrants Asian American female Humans adult alcoholism Health Surveys ethnology United States human epidemiology migrant psychology health survey
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84899752548&doi=10.3109%2f10826084.2013.852578&partnerID=40&md5=2d71b2d28dd4df576286af3b5be9561a
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2013.852578
ISSN: 10826084
Cited by: 4
Original Language: English