Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume 19, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1256-1259

Riding with Impaired Drivers Among Recent Latino Immigrants in Southern Florida (Article)

Romano E.* , de la Rosa M. , Sánchez M. , Babino R.
  • a Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, 11720 Beltsville Drive Suite 900, Calverton, MD 20705-3111, United States
  • b Center for Research on U.S. Latino HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse (CRUSADA), Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, PCA 360C, Miami, FL 33199, United States
  • c Center for Research on U.S. Latino HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse (CRUSADA), Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, PCA 360C, Miami, FL 33199, United States
  • d Center for Research on U.S. Latino HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse (CRUSADA), Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street, PCA 360C, Miami, FL 33199, United States

Abstract

In a previous effort we showed that compared with immigrants who are permanent residents, undocumented immigrants are more likely to binge drink, but less likely to drink while impaired (DWI) partly due to their limited amount of driving. This report examines a related risk: riding with an impaired driver (RWI). Data came from an ongoing longitudinal sample of Latino immigrants to Miami-Dade County, FL. Descriptive analyses and regression techniques were applied. While DWI rates among Latino immigrants is heavily limited by their access to a car, RWI rates were not restricted by driving limitations, nor related to participants’ legal immigration status (LIS). RWI rates were linked only to heavy drinking. Because it is not affected by driving limitations, RWI for these Latino immigrants is perhaps a more immediate risk than DWI. Addressing RWI among Latino immigrants should be a priority for traffic safety to Miami/Dade country. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Author Keywords

Miami/Dade County RWI Undocumented immigrants Recent immigrants Latinos

Index Keywords

Hispanic male statistics and numerical data Driving Under the Influence female longitudinal study Humans ethnology Longitudinal Studies Hispanic Americans Undocumented Immigrants Florida human adult undocumented immigrant drunken driving
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84991112192&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-016-0511-2&partnerID=40&md5=671859f30f7261343f782ce982bbbf84
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-016-0511-2
ISSN: 15571912
Original Language: English