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Racial/Ethnic differences in smoking, drinking, and illicit drug use among American high school seniors, 1976-89.

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Bachman, J G, Wallace, J M, O'Malley, P M, Johnston, L D, Kurth, C L, Neighbors, H W·1991·American Journal of Public Health
DOI 10.2105/ajph.81.3.372PMC PMC1405013
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BACKGROUND: This paper reports racial/ethnic differences in the use of licit and illicit drugs by high school seniors in the United States. METHODS: The study uses questionnaire data from annual, nationally representative surveys of seniors from 1976 through 1989. Combined sample sizes were 57,620 for 1976-79; 75,772 for 1980-84; and 73,527 for 1985-89. RESULTS: Native American had the highest prevalence rates for cigarettes, alcohol, and most illicit drugs; White students had the next highest rates for most drugs. Asian Americans had the lowest prevalence rates, and Black students had levels nearly as low except for marijuana. Prevalence rates for the Hispanic groups were mostly in the intermediate ranges except for relatively high cocaine use among the males. Trend patterns for most forms of drug use were similar across subgroups, although cigarette use declined more sharply for Black than White seniors, resulting in greater Black-White differences in recent years. CONCLUSIONS: This study, other school-based studies, and general population surveys all show relatively low levels of drug use by most non-White youth, especially Black Americans and Asian Americans. Multivariate analyses indicate that such subgroup differences in high school seniors' drug use are not primarily attributable to family composition, parents' education, region, or urban-rural distinctions.

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Authors
Bachman, J. G., Wallace, J. M., O'Malley, P. M., Johnston, L. D., Kurth, C. L., & Neighbors, H. W.
Affiliations
University of Michigan (US)
ORCID
Venue
American Journal of Public Health
Publisher
American Public Health Association
Published
1991-03
Volume
81
Issue
3
Pages
372-377
ISSN
  • 0090-0036 (ISSN-L)
  • 1541-0048
DOI
10.2105/ajph.81.3.372
PMC
PMC1405013
OpenAlex
W2026687066
Cited by
545
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16
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FWCI
18.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • American Journal of Public Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA01411, R01DA001411)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Youth, Drugs, and Violence
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Smoking Behavior and Cessation
Keywords
racial and ethnic differences, adolescent drug use, high school seniors, cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, illicit drug use, cannabis use, cocaine use, Asian Americans, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, drug use trends, family structure, parental education
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Alcohol Drinking, Asia, Black or African American, Female, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Indians, North American, Male, Mexico, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sex Factors, Smoking, United States, Substance-Related Disorders, Black People, White People

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