An Epidemiological Investigation of Male-Female Differences in Drinking and Drinking-Related Problems between US-Born and Foreign-Born Latino and Asian Americans
Table 1
Description of sociodemographic characteristics and drinking-related outcomes in males and females. Data from NLAAS, 2002-2003.
The entire sample
US-born
Foreign-born
Demographics
Males
Females
Males
Females
of cases
se
of cases
of cases
of cases
of cases
Age (years)
4649
38.9
0.5
629
35.9
749
37.8
1494
39.0
1774
41.2
se
Race/Ancestry
Hispanic
2554
73.6
2.0
403
83.6
521
83.1
723
70.1
906
65.71
Asian
2095
26.5
226
16.4
228
16.9
771
29.9
868
34.29
Born in the US
Yes
1378
36.6
2.0
No
3268
63.4
Alcohol drinking and alcohol use disorders
MTM drinking2
3730
61.2
1.2
540
86.8
484
63.4
1062
75.7
528
30.3
Past year drinking
1332
32.4
1.2
326
56.0
220
27.2
587
43.0
197
10.8
Ever DSM-IV alcohol abuse
299
8.7
0.9
130
23.8
61
8.7
97
8.2
11
0.4
Ever DSM-IV alcohol dependence
107
3.4
0.4
46
8.8
26
3.3
30
3.5
5
0.1
Ever dependence clinical feature
267
8.0
0.9
119
22.0
53
7.8
85
7.4
10
0.3
Weighted percentage. MTM: more than minimum drinking.