A Multivariate Analysis of the Sociodemographic Predictors of Methamphetamine Production and Use
A Multivariate Analysis of the Sociodemographic Predictors of Methamphetamine Production and Use
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DOI：
10.1177/0011128709340841
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发表时间：
2013-04-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Armstrong, Gaylene S.
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作者：
Armstrong, Todd A.;Armstrong, Gaylene S.
迄今为止，对与甲基苯丙胺生产和使用有关的社区特征进行的研究发现，甲基苯丙胺生产和使用的社区一级社会人口预测因素与一般药物使用的预测因素不同。在这项研究中，作者使用伊利诺伊州所有102个县的数据进一步研究了这一领域。这些数据包括来自美国的社会人口特征的测量。S.人口普查，甲基苯丙胺生产和使用的措施，以及对违反管制物质的逮捕措施。负二项回归模型表明，贫困和社区的种族和民族组成是作者甲基苯丙胺措施的最强和最一致的预测因素。结果还表明，与甲基苯丙胺措施相关的社会人口特征在重要方面与因违反管制物质而被捕的社会人口特征不同。
To date, research testing the community characteristics associated with methamphetamine production and use has found that the community-level sociodemographic predictors of methamphetamine production and use vary from those of drug use in general. In this study, the authors furthered the research in this area using data from all 102 counties in Illinois. These data included measures of sociodemographic characteristics taken from the U. S. census, measures of methamphetamine production and use, and a measure of arrests for controlled-substance violations. Negative binomial regression models showed that poverty and the racial and ethnic compositions of communities were the strongest and most consistent predictors of the authors' methamphetamine measures. The results also showed that the sociodemographic characteristics associated with methamphetamine measures were different in important ways from those associated with arrests for controlled-substance violations.