MEXICAN-AMERICAN DROPOUTS AND DRUG ABUSE

这项研究将调查辍学与吸毒之间的关系 在墨西哥裔美国青年中使用。美国一半的拉美裔美国人 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。有些学校的辍学率高达45%。 地点。来自三个西南地区的英裔和墨西哥裔美国人都辍学了 将对学区进行研究。其中将包括来自大城市的年轻人， 一个中等规模的城市和一个较小的社区。每名辍学学生都将被匹配 有两个对照受试者。一个比较对象将是一个“有风险的” 在年级、性别、种族、年龄和平均绩点方面匹配的年轻人 在学校的最后一年。另一位是“不辍学”的学生， 仅在年级、性别和种族方面匹配。年轻人将被要求参加一项 包括详细药物使用信息的调查问卷，以及 评估社会、心理和文化特征，以及 暴力和受害。分析将考察两者之间的关系 社会、文化和心理因素、吸毒和辍学。 后续数据将从三名辍学和对照受试者中收集 在辍学几年后决定流失率和药物使用，社会， 被发现对象和未被发现对象的心理和文化特征 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.