Effect of country-of-origin contextual factors and length of stay on immigrants' substance use in Spain

Factors explaining disparities in risk of substance use between immigrants and natives and between immigrant subgroups are poorly understood. We aimed to describe such disparities and identify some explanatory factors in Spain. Participants were residents aged 15-64 years from 2005 to 07 nationally...

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Veröffentlicht in:	European journal of public health 2015-12, Vol.25 (6), p.930-936
Hauptverfasser:	Sordo, L, Indave, B I, Vallejo, F, Belza, M J, Sanz-Barbero, B, Rosales-Statkus, M, Fernández-Balbuena, S, Barrio, G
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Alcohol Alcoholism - ethnology Cannabis Convergence Divergence Drug use Effects Emigrants and Immigrants - statistics & numerical data Female Health Status Disparities Humans Hypnotics Immigrants Immigration Income Indigenous peoples Islam Male Marijuana Middle Aged Noncitizens Poisson density functions Poisson Distribution Prevalence Public health Residents Risk Risk Factors Robustness (mathematics) Smoking Smoking - ethnology Sociocultural factors Spain - epidemiology Statistical analysis Street Drugs Subgroups Substance use Substance-Related Disorders - ethnology Time Factors Tobacco Variables Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Factors explaining disparities in risk of substance use between immigrants and natives and between immigrant subgroups are poorly understood. We aimed to describe such disparities and identify some explanatory factors in Spain. Participants were residents aged 15-64 years from 2005 to 07 nationally representative surveys. Outcomes were prevalences of alcohol, tobacco, sedative-hypnotics, cannabis and other illegal substance use. Immigrants were recent if
ISSN:	1101-1262 1464-360X
DOI:	10.1093/eurpub/ckv144