Citation

Parker KD, Calhoun T, Weaver G. J. Soc. Psychol. 2000; 140(1): 51-62.

Affiliation

Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 68588-0324, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/00224540009600445

PMID

10705669

Abstract

The authors examined the influence of sociodemographic variables on the frequency and intensity of alcohol use among a nationally representative sample of Black, Hispanic, and White adolescents who had participated in the 1991 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1993). The sample consisted of 8,756 U.S. adolescents aged 12 to 18 years. The authors found that (a) approximately 19% of the respondents had used alcohol in the last 30 days: (b) among the respondents who had used alcohol, 21% had consumed 1 or more drinks per drinking episode; and (c) there were important similarities as well as important differences in variables that promoted alcohol use among Black. Hispanic, and White adolescents.

Language: en