scholarly journals Race/Ethnicity and Gender Differences in Drug Use and Abuse Among College Students

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Esteban McCabe ◽  
Michele Morales ◽  
James A. Cranford ◽  
Jorge Delva ◽  
Melnee D. McPherson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender

Trends and Substance Use Associations With E-Cigarette Use in US Adolescents

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (10) ◽  
pp. 1191-1198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly A. Curran ◽  
Thad Burk ◽  
Paulette D. Pitt ◽  
Amy B. Middleman
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Risk Behavior ◽  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Cigarette Use ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Drug Risk ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender

Concerns exist that e-cigarette use may introduce adolescents to drugs. This study explores trends and associations of inhaled tobacco use with drug use. We performed a secondary data analysis on the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey examining the inhaled tobacco and drug use patterns among US teens. Adjusted odds ratios were calculated using bivariate and multivariate analyses between inhaled tobacco use with other drug use, adjusting for age, race/ethnicity, and gender. When adjusting for gender, age, and race/ethnicity, teens who use only e-cigarettes had a higher odds than peers who do not use any inhaled tobacco products to have ever tried marijuana or alcohol, currently use marijuana or alcohol, have lifetime drug use, and misused prescription medications. Drug risk behavior appears stratified with type of inhaled tobacco used, with generally exclusive e-cigarette use linked to lowest risk and conventional and e-cigarette use associated with highest risk of drug use.

Race/Ethnicity and Gender Differences in the Drugs-Violence Relationship

1990 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry J. Spunt ◽  
Paul J. Goldstein ◽  
Patricia A. Bellucci ◽  
Thomas Miller
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender

Race/ethnicity and gender differences in mental health diagnoses among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans

2015 ◽  
Vol 229 (3) ◽  
pp. 724-731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly H. Koo ◽  
Claire L. Hebenstreit ◽  
Erin Madden ◽  
Karen H. Seal ◽  
Shira Maguen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Mental Health Diagnoses ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender

Race/Ethnicity and Gender Differences in Health-Smart Behavior Goals

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah E. Nolan ◽  
Carolyn M. Tucker ◽  
Jessica R. Newton ◽  
Brittany D. Whipple
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender

Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Substance Use and Adolescent Sexual Behavior

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan L Averett ◽  
Daniel I Rees ◽  
Brian Duncan ◽  
Laura Argys
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
White Adolescents ◽  
Adolescent Sexual Behavior ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender ◽  
Instrumental Variables Approach ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Previous researchers have noted that the positive correlation between substance use and sexual behavior is stronger for white adolescents than for their black and Hispanic counterparts. Using an instrumental variables approach to control for the possible endogeneity of substance use, and data from The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we estimate the effects of alcohol and marijuana use on the probability of being sexually active by race, ethnicity, and gender. Our results suggest that there exist potentially important racial, ethnic and gender differences in the relationship between substance use and sexual behavior. This information may be valuable for policymakers interested in reducing sexual activity among teens.

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