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Original Articles

African-American Youth In Public Housing Showing Low Alcohol and Drug Use

, PhD, , PhD & , BS
Pages 55-73 | Published online: 21 Oct 2008
 

ABSTRACT

This study examined the rate of alcohol and drug abuse among male and female adolescents in public housing communities and identified those risk factors leading to alcohol and drag abuse.

One hundred twenty-three adolescents were interviewed with the modified children's Semi-Structured Assessment for the Genetics of Alcoholism. Twelve percent fell within the group categorized as alcohol abusers and 15% as drag abusers. No gender difference in alcohol or drag abuse was found to be statistically significant. A logistic regression showed poor academic performance as a risk factor for alcohol abuse to be statistically significant (Wald Statistic = 5.67, p < 0.05) while being in a special group with high achievers was negatively related to alcohol abuse (Wald Statistic = 6.77, p < 0.01).

Also, age (Wald Statistic = 4.16, p < 0.0001) and alcohol abuse (Wald Statistic = 20.40, p < 0.0001) were found to be significantly positive predictors of drag abuse, meaning drug abuse increases as alcohol use and age increase.

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