Historique
Périodique
The increase in the association of education and cocaine use over the 1980s and 1990s: Evidence for a "historical period" effect
(Augmentation de la consommation de cocaïne entre 1980 et 1990 : tendances historiques à un déplacement vers les strates inférieures de la société)
Auteur(s) :
MIECH, R. A. ;
CHILCOAT, H. ;
HARDER, V. S.
Année
2005
Page(s) :
311-320
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
40
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
COCAINE
;
CRACK
;
CONSOMMATION
;
EVOLUTION
;
EDUCATION
;
ADULTE
;
PRIX
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVE
Note générale :
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2005, 79, (3), 311-320
Note de contenu :
fig. ; tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
During the 1980s the social distribution of adult cocaine use in the US changed, according to qualitative analyses, and its use became more prevalent in the lower as compared to the upper social strata. In this paper, we use national data to investigate the association of education and adult cocaine use to test whether this trend represents either a æhistorical periodÆ process that occurred concurrently across adults of all age groups or a cohort process that started with younger cohorts and only extended to older age groups as these younger cohorts aged. We also estimate the extent to which the emergence of crack cocaine use accounts for trends in the socioeconomic distribution of cocaine use over historical time. To address these questions we analyze data from each survey of the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse from 1979 to 1998 inclusive. The results point to a "historical period" process that is explained in large part - but not entirely - by the emergence of crack cocaine. Important differences are apparent across racial and ethnic groups, as well as age groups. Cocaine use joins a growing list of potentially addictive drugs that have become more prevalent in the lower as compared to the upper social strata over historical time. (Review's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Department of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 624 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.