Hamilton Hayley A, Owusu-Bempah Akwasi, Boak Angela, Mann Robert E
a Centre for Addiction and Mental Health , Toronto , Canada.
b University of Toronto , Toronto , Canada.
J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2018 Apr-Jun;17(2):123-134. doi: 10.1080/15332640.2017.1312655. Epub 2017 May 10.
The objective of this study was to examine the association of ethnoracial background and immigrant status to cannabis use among students in Ontario, Canada. Data were derived from the Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey, a school-based, province-wide survey of students in Grades 7-12. The survey utilized a stratified two-stage cluster design. Analyses were based on a pooled subsample of 12,527 students in Grades 9-12 during the 2011 and 2013 survey cycles and included adjustments for the complex sample design. Results indicate that youth who were of South Asian or East/Southeast Asian background were at lower odds of cannabis use than those who were White, Black, or mixed-race backgrounds. Youth who were of mixed-race background (i.e., White and another group) were at higher odds of cannabis use than youth who were of White background. The association between ethnoracial background and cannabis use also varied for some foreign-born and native-born youth. These findings suggest that ethnoracial background should be an important consideration in investigations of cannabis use among foreign- relative to native-born youth.
本研究的目的是调查加拿大安大略省学生的种族背景和移民身份与大麻使用之间的关联。数据来源于安大略省学生药物使用与健康调查，这是一项针对该省7至12年级学生的校内调查。该调查采用分层两阶段整群抽样设计。分析基于2011年和2013年调查周期中9至12年级的12527名学生的合并子样本，并对复杂的样本设计进行了调整。结果表明，南亚或东亚/东南亚背景的青少年使用大麻的几率低于白人、黑人或混血背景的青少年。混血背景（即白人及其他群体）的青少年使用大麻的几率高于白人背景的青少年。种族背景与大麻使用之间的关联在一些外国出生和本地出生的青少年中也有所不同。这些发现表明，在调查外国出生与本地出生青少年的大麻使用情况时，种族背景应是一个重要的考虑因素。
