TY - JOUR
T1 - Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use among Asian American and Pacific Islander Adolescents in California and Hawaii
AU - Wong, Mamie M.
AU - Klingle, Renee S.
AU - Price, Rumi Kato
PY - 2004/1
Y1 - 2004/1
N2 - As an aggregate group, the lowest rates of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use are often reported for Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders (AAPIs), compared to other groups. However, the low rates are often based upon samples with small representations of AAPIs, or represented by only one or two AAPI groups. Consequently, reliable data on the rates of ATOD use among specific AAPI subgroups are severely lacking. Using data from school surveys collected from 9th grade students in California and 10th grade students in Hawaii, we compared the ATOD rates of Whites, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, and Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian adolescents. We found considerable variation in ATOD rates among subgroups of AAPIs, variation that was consistent across surveys. Chinese reported the lowest ATOD rates; Whites, Pacific Islanders, and Native Hawaiians reported among the highest. We found similar variation in need for alcohol and other drug treatment for these groups. Implications of these findings and recommendations for future research are discussed.
AB - As an aggregate group, the lowest rates of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use are often reported for Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders (AAPIs), compared to other groups. However, the low rates are often based upon samples with small representations of AAPIs, or represented by only one or two AAPI groups. Consequently, reliable data on the rates of ATOD use among specific AAPI subgroups are severely lacking. Using data from school surveys collected from 9th grade students in California and 10th grade students in Hawaii, we compared the ATOD rates of Whites, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, and Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian adolescents. We found considerable variation in ATOD rates among subgroups of AAPIs, variation that was consistent across surveys. Chinese reported the lowest ATOD rates; Whites, Pacific Islanders, and Native Hawaiians reported among the highest. We found similar variation in need for alcohol and other drug treatment for these groups. Implications of these findings and recommendations for future research are discussed.
KW - Alcohol
KW - Asian American adolescents
KW - Drug use
KW - Pacific Islander adolescents
KW - Tobacco
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0345550332&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0306-4603(03)00079-0
DO - 10.1016/S0306-4603(03)00079-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 14667425
AN - SCOPUS:0345550332
SN - 0306-4603
VL - 29
SP - 127
EP - 141
JO - Addictive Behaviors
JF - Addictive Behaviors
IS - 1
ER -