MEXICAN-AMERICAN DROPOUTS AND DRUG ABUSE

本研究将探讨辍学与药物的关系 在墨西哥裔美国青年中使用。美国一半的拉美裔人 墨西哥裔美国人，他们是增长最快的，也是最年轻的 少数群体。他们的辍学率在一些地区高达45%， 地点来自美国西南部三个州的英裔和墨西哥裔美国人 将研究学区。包括来自大城市的青年， 一个中等城市和一个较小的社区。每一个辍学者都将被匹配 两个对照组。一名比较受试者将是“风险”受试者， 按年级、性别、种族、年龄和平均绩点匹配的青年 在学校的最后一年。另一个是“不辍学”， 仅在年级、性别和种族上匹配。青年将被要求采取一个 包括详细药物使用信息的调查表， 评估社会，心理和文化特征，沿着 暴力和受害。分析将研究 社会、文化和心理因素、吸毒和辍学。 随访数据将从脱落和对照受试者中收集， 年后辍学，以确定自然减员率和药物使用，社会， 发现与未发现主体的心理文化特征 评估队列纵向研究的可行性。

This study will investigate the relationship between dropping out and drug use among Mexican-American youth. Half of all Hispanics in the U.S. are Mexican-Americans, and they are the fastest growing and one of the youngest minority groups. They have a school dropout rate as high as 45% in some locations. Both Anglo and Mexican-American dropouts from three southwestern school districts will be studied. Included will be youth from a large city, a medium sized city and a smaller community. Each dropout will be matched with two control subjects. One comparison subject will be an "at-risk" youth matched for grade, gender, ethnicity, age, and grade-point average during the last full year of school. The other will be a "non-dropout", matched only for grade, gender and ethnicity. Youth will be asked to take a questionnaire that includes detailed drug use information, and that assesses social, psychological, and cultural characteristics along with violence and victimization. Analyses will examine the relationship between social, cultural, and psychological factors, drug use, and dropping out. Follow-up data will be collected from dropout and control subjects three years after dropout to determine attrition rates and drug use, social, psychological and cultural characteristics of found and not found subjects to assess feasibility of a cohort longitudinal study.