Romano Eduardo O, Tippetts A Scott, Voas Robert B
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, 11710 Beltsville Drive, Ste 300, Calverton, MD, 20725-3102, USA.
J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2006;5(2):119-37. doi: 10.1300/J233v05n02_07.
This paper investigates the role of race/ethnicity, language skills (a proxy for acculturation among Hispanics in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas), income, and education level on alcohol-related fatal motor vehicle crashes. Using the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), we confirmed previous state-based studies showing that high income and education levels have a protective influence on alcohol-related fatal motor vehicle crashes. We also confirmed that language proficiency/acculturation tends to increase the vulnerability of Hispanic women to alcohol-related fatalities. Differences in alcohol-related fatality rates across Hispanic subgroups are observed. Future reductions in alcohol-related traffic fatalities may require prevention policies that take into account existent variations in acculturation, income, and education among racial/ethnic groups and subgroups.
本文研究了种族/族裔、语言技能（亚利桑那州、加利福尼亚州、新墨西哥州和得克萨斯州西班牙裔人群文化适应程度的一个替代指标）、收入以及教育水平对与酒精相关的致命机动车撞车事故的影响。通过使用死亡分析报告系统（FARS），我们证实了之前基于州的研究结果，即高收入和高教育水平对与酒精相关的致命机动车撞车事故具有保护作用。我们还证实，语言能力/文化适应程度往往会增加西班牙裔女性因酒精相关事故致死的易感性。观察到西班牙裔亚群体之间与酒精相关的死亡率存在差异。未来要降低与酒精相关的交通死亡事故，可能需要制定预防政策，将种族/族裔群体及亚群体之间在文化适应程度、收入和教育方面现有的差异考虑在内。
