TY - JOUR
T1 - Acculturation and alcohol consumption among Mexican Americans
T2 - A three-generation study
AU - Markides, K. S.
AU - Krause, N.
AU - Mendes de Leon, C. F.
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - Data from a three-generation study of Mexican Americans conducted in the San Antonio, Texas area are utilized to examine the influence of acculturation into the larger society on alcohol consumption. Acculturation was not related to alcohol consumption in the older generation. In the middle generation, it was related to lower alcohol consumption among men, a well as among women. In the younger generation, acculturation was related to more drinking among women, but not among men. Within-family analysis showed that the alcohol consumption of members of the younger generation was associated with the consumption of their parents, particularly in the case of younger women.
AB - Data from a three-generation study of Mexican Americans conducted in the San Antonio, Texas area are utilized to examine the influence of acculturation into the larger society on alcohol consumption. Acculturation was not related to alcohol consumption in the older generation. In the middle generation, it was related to lower alcohol consumption among men, a well as among women. In the younger generation, acculturation was related to more drinking among women, but not among men. Within-family analysis showed that the alcohol consumption of members of the younger generation was associated with the consumption of their parents, particularly in the case of younger women.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.78.9.1178
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.78.9.1178
M3 - Article
C2 - 3407815
AN - SCOPUS:0023729045
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 78
SP - 1178
EP - 1181
JO - American Journal of Public Health
JF - American Journal of Public Health
IS - 9
ER -