Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume 19, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1132-1139

Substance Use by Immigrant Generation in a U.S.-Mexico Border City (Article)

Loza O.* , Castañeda E. , Diedrich B.
  • a Department of Public Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Avenue (HSN 405), El Paso, TX 79968, United States
  • b Department of Sociology, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016, United States
  • c Department of Sociology and Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, United States

Abstract

Immigrant generation status has an impact on substance use, with lower use rates for recent immigrants. Substance use surveillance data are reported at the national and state levels; however, no systematic collection of data exists at the city level for the general population. In particular, rates of substance use have not been published for El Paso, Texas. The aims of this study are to estimate the prevalence of substance use among Hispanics in El Paso and to determine the association between substance use and immigrant generation. Hispanic residents of El Paso (N = 837) were interviewed. Demographic, immigration, and substance use data were collected. Bivariate analysis indicated that substance use increased as immigrant generation increased, while perceived problems with substance use decreased. In comparison to Texas and national data, our data showed that the rates of tobacco, marijuana, and illicit drug use were lower among young adults in El Paso. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Author Keywords

Hispanic Immigrant generation Substance use U.S.-mexico border

Index Keywords

human epidemiology middle aged statistics and numerical data Substance-Related Disorders drug dependence ethnology Hispanic Americans Undocumented Immigrants Young Adult Humans migrant undocumented immigrant Hispanic Adolescent male Emigrants and Immigrants female Socioeconomic Factors socioeconomics adult age sex factor Sex Factors Age Factors Texas
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84961665621&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-016-0407-1&partnerID=40&md5=cc5956d3ea47175b0071fd5e3972459d
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-016-0407-1
ISSN: 15571912
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English