MEXICAN AMERICAN DROPOUTS AND DRUG USE

描述：(申请人摘要) 这是一项继续收集墨西哥裔美国人后续数据的建议 以及白人非西班牙裔年轻人，包括高中辍学生。 将获得关于个人物质使用、种族/文化的信息 身份、工作/工作历史和其他心理社会数据，以便 比较他们之前对自己目前自我报告的行为的反应。 这项提案将跟踪1994、1995年收集数据的学生， 和1996年。总跟踪样本量为2829个，其中包括319个样本 五年级的受试者和六、七年级的670名受试者。

DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's Abstract) This is a proposal to continue collecting follow up data on Mexican American and White non-Hispanic young adults, including high school dropouts. Information will be obtained on individual's substance use, ethnic/cultural identification, job/work history, and other psychosocial data in order to compare their previous responses to their current self reported behaviors. This proposal will follow students on whom data was collected in 1994, 1995, and 1996. The total follow up sample size will be 2829 and includes 319 subjects from year 5 and 670 subjects from years 6 and 7.