Variance in Substance Use between Rural Black and White Mississippi High School Students

Examined substance use among rural black and rural white students (n=1,915). Found that black males were significantly less likely than white males to drink alcohol; get drunk; smoke cigarettes; or use smokeless tobacco, hallucinogens, and sedatives. Black females were significantly less likely than...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Adolescence 1994-06, Vol.29 (114), p.401-404
Hauptverfasser:	Allen, Ola, Page, Randy M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Addictive behaviors Adolescent Adolescents Adult and adolescent clinical studies African Americans - psychology Alcohol Abuse Biological and medical sciences Black people Black Students Drinking Drug abuse Drug Use European Continental Ancestry Group - psychology Female High School Students High Schools Humans Indexing in process Male Marijuana Medical sciences Miscellaneous Mississippi Mississippi - epidemiology Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Racial Differences Rural areas Rural Population Rural Youth Sex Differences Sex Factors Smoking Social research Sparsely populated areas Students Substance Abuse Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology Teenagers Tobacco United States - epidemiology White Students
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Zusammenfassung:	Examined substance use among rural black and rural white students (n=1,915). Found that black males were significantly less likely than white males to drink alcohol; get drunk; smoke cigarettes; or use smokeless tobacco, hallucinogens, and sedatives. Black females were significantly less likely than white females to drink alcohol; get drunk; smoke cigarettes; and use marijuana. (Author/NB)
ISSN:	0001-8449