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Migration and substance use: evidence from the U.S. National health interview survey
(Migration et usage de substances psychoactives : mise en évidence du système de santé américain par une enquête d'interview)
Auteur(s) :
JOHNSON, T. P. ;
VAN GEEST J. B. ;
CHO, Y. I.
Année
2002
Page(s) :
941-972
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
48
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Thésaurus mots-clés
IMMIGRATION
;
COMPARAISON
;
CONSOMMATION
;
MILIEU SOCIOCULTUREL
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE
;
ENQUETE
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
Substance Use and Misuse, 2002, 37, (8/10), 941-972
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Representative data from the U.S. National Health Interview Survey are used to investigate the substance use patterns of immigrants and compare them to those of the native born populations. The information examined is from the 1991 supplementary Drug and Alcohol Use Data File, which examined the self-reported substance use behaviors of approximately 21,000 adults aged 18-44. Findings indicate that immigrants to the U.S. in the late twentieth century are less likely to use alcohol and other drugs than are native born citizens. Additional findings suggest assimilation processes by which exposure to mainstream American society leads to patterns of alcohol and illicit drug use among long term immigrants that approximates that of the native born population. The patterns of substance use observed among immigrants, however, are not consistent with acculturative stress mechanisms. These findings provide an important and representative profile of the substance use patterns of one of the largest international migration streams of the past one hundred years. (Editor's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Survey Res. Laboratory, Coll. Urban Planning Public Affairs, Univ. Illinois Chicago, 412 S. Peoria St., Chicago, IL 60607. E-mail : timj@srl.uic.edu
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