Table 2.
Lifetime Prevalence of Drug Use by Ethnonational Group and Immigration Status
| Drug (Percentage who have used drug in lifetime) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National subgroup %(N) |
Beer | Wine | Liquor | Marijuana | Ecstasy | Methamphetamine | Cocaine | LSD | Mushrooms | GHB | Ketamine | Nitrous | Prescription Opiates |
| Chinese/Taiwanes e 28.2% (58) |
100.0 | 94.8* | 98.3 | 98.3 | 100.0 | 32.8* | 39.7 | 34.5 | 63.8 | 17.2 | 15.5 | 39.7* | 55.2 |
| Japanese/Korean 8.3% (17) |
100.0 | 82.4* | 100.0 | 100.0 | 88.2 | 47.1* | 52.9 | 35.3 | 70.6 | 11.8 | 5.9 | 35.3* | 52.9 |
| Southeast Asian 24.3% (50) |
100.0 | 84.0* | 100.0 | 98.0 | 94.0 | 32.0* | 30.0 | 20.0 | 44.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 12.0* | 40.0 |
| South Asian 7.8% (16) |
100.0 | 87.5* | 100.0 | 93.8 | 87.5 | 18.8* | 62.5 | 25.0 | 68.8 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 18.8* | 43.8 |
| Filipino 18.4% (38) |
100.0 | 97.4* | 100.0 | 100.0 | 92.1 | 68.4* | 57.9 | 50.0 | 71.1 | 23.7 | 23.7 | 36.8* | 57.9 |
| Mixed/Mixed Asian 13.1% (26) |
96.3 | 100.0* | 100.0 | 92.6 | 88.9 | 37.0* | 51.9 | 40.7 | 70.4 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 37.0* | 55.6 |
|
Immigration Status (N) | |||||||||||||
| American Born 68.4% (141) |
99.3 | 92.9 | 99.3 | 97.2 | 92.9 | 37.6 | 46.1 | 34.8 | 63.8 | 13.5 | 17.0 | 31.9 | 53.9 |
| Foreign Born 31.6% (65) |
100.0 | 89.2 | 100.0 | 98.5 | 95.4 | 44.6 | 43.1 | 32.3 | 58.5 | 20.0 | 7.7 | 26.2 | 44.6 |
| Total % (N) | 99.5 (205) |
91.7 (189) |
99.5 (205) |
97.6 (201) |
93.7 (193) |
39.8 (82) |
45.1 (93) |
34.0 (70) |
62.1 (128) |
15.5 (32) |
14.1 (29) |
30.1 (62) |
51.0 (105) |
*
p<.05