TY - JOUR
T1 - Neighborhood Ethnic Composition and Problem Drinking Among Older Mexican American Men
T2 - Results from the Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly
AU - Stroope, Samuel
AU - Martinez, Brandon C.
AU - Eschbach, Karl
AU - Peek, M. Kristen
AU - Markides, Kyriakos S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2015/8/23
Y1 - 2015/8/23
N2 - Ethnic enclaves may be protective for health. This study investigates the effects of neighborhood co-ethnic density on problem drinking among older Mexican American men. Probability sample of 2,086 community-dwelling Mexican Americans aged 75 or older drawn in 2004–2005 residing in communities in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. Problem drinking was found among 15.3 % of men (n = 350). For each percent increase in neighborhood percent Mexican American, men had 2 % lower odds of problem drinking [odds ratio (OR) 0.98; P < 0.05]. U.S. born men had lower odds of problem drinking (OR 0.40; P < 0.05) compared with foreign born men, while English language use was associated with greater odds of problem drinking (OR 2.14; P < 0.05). Older Mexican American men in neighborhoods with low levels of co-ethnic density, the foreign born, and those with English language facility had an increased likelihood of problem drinking.
AB - Ethnic enclaves may be protective for health. This study investigates the effects of neighborhood co-ethnic density on problem drinking among older Mexican American men. Probability sample of 2,086 community-dwelling Mexican Americans aged 75 or older drawn in 2004–2005 residing in communities in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas. Problem drinking was found among 15.3 % of men (n = 350). For each percent increase in neighborhood percent Mexican American, men had 2 % lower odds of problem drinking [odds ratio (OR) 0.98; P < 0.05]. U.S. born men had lower odds of problem drinking (OR 0.40; P < 0.05) compared with foreign born men, while English language use was associated with greater odds of problem drinking (OR 2.14; P < 0.05). Older Mexican American men in neighborhoods with low levels of co-ethnic density, the foreign born, and those with English language facility had an increased likelihood of problem drinking.
KW - Mexican American
KW - Nativity
KW - Neighborhoods
KW - Older adults
KW - Problem drinking
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U2 - 10.1007/s10903-014-0033-8
DO - 10.1007/s10903-014-0033-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 25106726
AN - SCOPUS:84937523944
SN - 1557-1912
VL - 17
SP - 1055
EP - 1060
JO - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
JF - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
IS - 4
ER -