Li Kelin, Wen Ming
Department of Sociology, University of Utah, 380 S 1530 E, RM 301, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA,
J Immigr Minor Health. 2015 Feb;17(1):156-64. doi: 10.1007/s10903-013-9887-4.
In this study we scrutinize prevalence of current smoking and binge drinking among adult US immigrants, and examine whether age at migration predicts these two behaviors and moderates the effect of length of residence. Immigrant groups include those from Latin America/Caribbean, East and South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe/Central Asia, and Middle East/North Africa. Multivariate logistic regressions are estimated using cross-sectional data from the New Immigrant Survey (N = 7,397). Results show that patterns of smoking and binge drinking vary by gender and by region of origins. In addition, arriving at age 0-9 are directly associated with higher odds of binge drinking among adult women. Among adult men, age at migration moderates the association between length of residence and substance use. Specifically, length of residence has more detrimental effects for adolescent immigrants (arriving at age 10-18) on smoking, while its detrimental effects are more pronounced for childhood immigrants (arriving at age 0-9) on binge drinking. We interpret our findings within the critical period model in epidemiological research, concluding that adolescence and childhood are critical life stages that are associated with differential effects of length of residence when looking at smoking and binge drinking among immigrant men.
在本研究中，我们仔细研究了美国成年移民中当前吸烟和暴饮的流行情况，并考察了移民年龄是否能预测这两种行为，以及是否会调节居住时长的影响。移民群体包括来自拉丁美洲/加勒比地区、东亚和南亚、撒哈拉以南非洲、欧洲/中亚以及中东/北非的人群。我们使用新移民调查的横截面数据（N = 7397）进行多变量逻辑回归分析。结果表明，吸烟和暴饮模式因性别和原籍地区而异。此外，0至9岁抵达美国与成年女性中暴饮几率较高直接相关。在成年男性中，移民年龄调节了居住时长与物质使用之间的关联。具体而言，居住时长对青少年移民（10至18岁抵达）吸烟有更不利的影响，而其对儿童移民（0至9岁抵达）暴饮的不利影响更为明显。我们在流行病学研究的关键期模型中解释了我们的研究结果，得出结论：在研究移民男性的吸烟和暴饮情况时，青春期和童年是关键的生命阶段，与居住时长的不同影响相关。
