Caetano R
Alcohol Research Group, Medical Research Institute, San Francisco, Berkeley 94709.
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 1988;14(3):293-308. doi: 10.3109/00952998809001552.
The objective of this paper is to describe drinking patterns, alcohol problems, attitudes toward drinking and drunkenness, and attitudes toward appropriate drinking among Mexican-Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cuban-Americans. Subjects were selected through a multistage probability procedure from the United States Hispanic population 18 years of age and older living in households. Data were collected in face to face interviews conducted in the respondent's home. The response rate for the survey was 72%. The results indicate that Mexican-Americans drink more and have more problems. While 22% of Mexican-American men report at least one alcohol problem, only 8% of Puerto Ricans and 3% of Cuban-Americans do so. Mexican-Americans are also more accepting of drinking than Puerto Ricans and Cuban-Americans. This is especially so when drinking means drinking enough to feel the effects of alcohol. The generalizability of these findings is somewhat limited by the small number of Cuban-Americans and Puerto Ricans interviewed in the 1984 survey analyzed here. Thus, rather than providing a definitive description of alcohol use among Cuban-Americans and Puerto Ricans on the mainland, this paper should be seen as an enticement for further research. Future studies with United States Hispanics should therefore attempt to confirm the findings in larger and more stable samples of these two groups.
本文的目的是描述墨西哥裔美国人、波多黎各人以及古巴裔美国人的饮酒模式、酒精相关问题、对饮酒和醉酒的态度以及对适度饮酒的态度。研究对象通过多阶段概率抽样程序从居住在家庭中的18岁及以上美国西班牙裔人口中选取。数据通过在受访者家中进行的面对面访谈收集。该调查的回应率为72%。结果表明，墨西哥裔美国人饮酒量更大且问题更多。22%的墨西哥裔美国男性报告至少有一个酒精相关问题，而只有8%的波多黎各人和3%的古巴裔美国人有此类问题。墨西哥裔美国人对饮酒的接受程度也高于波多黎各人和古巴裔美国人。当饮酒意味着喝到足以感受到酒精作用时尤其如此。本文分析的1984年调查中采访的古巴裔美国人和波多黎各人数量较少，这在一定程度上限制了这些研究结果的普遍性。因此，与其对美国大陆的古巴裔美国人和波多黎各人的饮酒情况给出确定性描述，本文应被视为进一步研究的诱因。因此，未来针对美国西班牙裔的研究应尝试在这两个群体更大且更稳定的样本中证实这些研究结果。
