Parental Factors Associated with Mexican American Adolescent Alcohol Use

Table 1

Descriptive characteristics of Mexican American youth (𝑛=956).

Characteristic	Frequency	(%)
Place of birth: parent
US	440	46%
Outside the US	516	54%
Place of birth: adolescent
US	792	83%
Outside the U.S.	164	17%
Language Spoken at home
English	538	56%
Spanish	418	44%
Sex
Female	494	52%
Male	462	48%
Grade (at Wave 1)
7th	112	12%
8th	114	12%
9th	121	13%
10th	230	24%
11th	180	19%
12th	167	18%
Not in school	1	0%
Refused	8	1%
School does not have grade levels of this kind	23	2%
Income
$1,000–24,000	457	48%
$25,000–34,000	153	16%
$35,000–44,000	116	12%
$45,000–54,000	96	10%
$55,000–64,000	60	6%
$65,000–74,000	27	3%
$75,000–84,000	25	3%
Over $85,000	22	2%