TABLE 2.
Driving under the influence(DUI)-related attitudes by place of birth and acculturation level among Hispanic national groups
| Place of birth
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Rican
|
Cub. Amer.
|
Mex. Amer.
|
S. and C. Amer.
|
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| Variable | U.S. born | Foreign born |
Sig. | U.S. born | Foreign born |
Sig. | U.S. born | Foreign born |
Sig. | U.S. born | Foreign born |
Sig. | |||||
| Certain to get stopped by police after drinking too much, % (n) | 79.9 (543) | 87.6 (779) | † | 66.8 (101) | 91.7 (1,217) | ‡ | 78.7 (349) | 90.8 (927) | ‡ | 71.1 (126) | 89.4 (1,139) | † | |||||
| Drinking and driving affects Hispanics more than others, % (n) | 43.2 (528) | 52.5 (750) | * | 39.5 (90) | 53.9 (1,113) | * | 55.3 (343) | 71.7 (900) | ‡ | 44.7 (123) | 58.5 (1,099) | * | |||||
| Police stop Hispanics more often than others, % (n) | 45.1 (514) | 61.9 (726) | † | 34.8 (87) | 53.4 (1,037) | * | 62.7 (339) | 79.5 (885) | ‡ | 50.6 (118) | 66.4 (1,061) | * | |||||
| DUI are alcoholics/problem drinkers, % (n) | 87.5 (541) | 86.9 (779) | 69.2 (100) | 93.5 (1,204) | ‡ | 81.7 (347) | 91.0 (918) | * | 79.8 (125) | 88.2 (1,137) | |||||||
| DUI is a threat to my personal safety and that of my family, % (n) | 97.7 (543) | 94.5 (785) | * | 98.0 (101) | 98.3 (1,224) | 96.4 (351) | 95.2 (934) | 95.8 (126) | 96.7 (1,146) | ||||||||
| Acceptable to drive when feel effects of alcohol a little bit, % (n) | 15.5 (544) | 14.7 (782) | 18.5 (100) | 8.2 (1,221) | 19.5 (349) | 18.3 (931) | 17.6 (126) | 12.3 (1,145) | |||||||||
| Acculturation level
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Rican
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Cub. Amer.
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Mex. Amer.
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S. and C. Amer.
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| Low | Med. | High | Sig. | Low | Med. | High | Sig. | Low | Med. | High | Sig. | Low | Med. | High | Sig. | ||
| Certain to get stopped by police after drinking too much, % (n) | 91.7 (240) | 89.8 (383) | 79.5 (704) | † | 94.3 (630) | 93.0 (424) | 74.5 (265) | ‡ | 91.2 (546) | 88.8 (358) | 81.3 (374) | † | 91.2 (492) | 89.5 (405) | 81.4 (370) | * | |
| Drinking and driving affects | |||||||||||||||||
| Hispanics more than others % (n) | 71.9 (232) | 58.6 (379) | 36.9 (671) | ‡ | 60.0 (580) | 53.4 (385) | 39.0 (239) | ‡ | 80.4 (535) | 66.7 (345) | 50.8 (365) | ‡ | 67.7 (474) | 58.0 (394) | 44.2 (356) | ‡ | |
| Police stop Hispanics more often than others, % (n) | 76.3 (221) | 61.4 (368) | 45.0 (654) | ‡ | 61.9 (546) | 48.1 (361) | 37.8 (217) | ‡ | 86.6 (525) | 77.2 (343) | 57.5 (358) | ‡ | 75.7 (459) | 65.8 (376) | 51.4 (346) | ‡ | |
| DUI are alcoholics/problem drinkers, % (n) | 90.7 (240) | 88.8 (382) | 85.3 (703) | 95.8 (625) | 91.1 (418) | 81.1 (262) | ‡ | 90.8 (539) | 86.5 (359) | 87.0 (369) | 90.9 (490) | 86.2 (405) | 84.9 (369) | ||||
| DUI is a threat to my personal safety and that of my family, % (n) | 94.5 (240) | 95.3 (384) | 96.6 (709) | 97.1 (635) | 99.5 (424) | 98.5 (267) | 95.1 (551) | 94.3 (361) | 97.1 (375) | 96.3 (496) | 96.2 (407) | 97.3 (371) | |||||
| Acceptable to drive when feel effects of alcohol a little bit, % (n) | 10.0 (240) | 18.3 (384) | 14.9 (707) | 8.6 (632) | 8.1 (424) | 12.6 (266) | 19.9 (548) | 18.6 (361) | 17.0 (373) | 9.8 (495) | 12.3 (407) | 16.6 (371) | |||||
Notes: Numbers in parenthesis are denominators within the Hispanic subgroup and percentages are weighted. Cub. = Cuban; Amer. = American; sig. = significance; Mex. = Mexican; S. and C. = South and Central; med. = medium.
*
p <.05;
†
p<.01;
‡
p <.001.