Amaro H, Whitaker R, Coffman G, Heeren T
School of Public Health, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts, USA.
Am J Public Health. 1990 Dec;80 Suppl(Suppl):54-60. doi: 10.2105/ajph.80.suppl.54.
We examined the relation between acculturation and illicit drug use among Hispanics in the United States employing data from the 1982-84 Hispanic Health and Nutrition Evaluation Survey (HHANES). Across all Hispanic groups, acculturation into US society, as reflected in English language use, was associated with higher rates of illicit drug use even after sociodemographic variables such as gender, age, income, and education were considered. Significant interactions between language and education indicated that the predominant use of English was more strongly associated with marijuana and cocaine use among Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans of lower educational attainment than among those of higher educational attainment. Significant interactions between language use and other factors such as sex, marital status, and place of birth were also associated with marijuana and cocaine use. These results suggest that the experience of acculturation, especially as it relates to drug use, is closely tied to the social and economic context in which an individual lives.
我们利用1982 - 84年西班牙裔健康与营养评估调查（HHANES）的数据，研究了美国西班牙裔人群中文化适应与非法药物使用之间的关系。在所有西班牙裔群体中，即使在考虑了性别、年龄、收入和教育程度等社会人口统计学变量之后，以英语使用情况所反映的融入美国社会的文化适应过程，仍与更高的非法药物使用率相关。语言与教育之间的显著交互作用表明，在教育程度较低的墨西哥裔美国人和波多黎各人中，英语的主要使用与大麻和可卡因使用的关联比教育程度较高者更为强烈。语言使用与性别、婚姻状况和出生地等其他因素之间的显著交互作用也与大麻和可卡因使用有关。这些结果表明，文化适应的经历，尤其是与药物使用相关的经历，与个人生活的社会和经济背景紧密相连。
