Citation

Song EY, Reboussin BA, Foley KL, Kaltenbach LA, Wagoner KG, Wolfson M. Subst. Use Misuse 2009; 44(2): 179-194.

Affiliation

Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27104, USA. esong@wfubmc.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10826080802347594

PMID

19142820

Abstract

This study assessed the relationship between community characteristics and alcohol use among 6,636 youth, aged from 14 to 20, in 2004. After adjusting for individual-level characteristics, youth from communities with a greater proportion of grandparents as caregivers, larger numbers of married couple families, and higher employment rates were significantly less likely to report past 30-day alcohol use. Youth from communities with higher median household income were significantly more likely to report past 30-day alcohol use. Adolescents in communities with a greater percentage of whites were significantly more likely to report binge drinking. The results indicate that the community context is an important predictor of alcohol use.

Language: en