Table 2.

Alcohol use by U.S.-born and immigrant Mexican youth, hazard ratios (θ)

	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4	Model 5	Model 6
Independent Variablesa	θ	θ	θ	θ	θ	θ
Assimilation
Second generation	0.797	0.840	0.759	0.813	0.823	0.854
Third generation	0.480*	0.385**	0.423*	0.373**	0.410*	0.403*
Proportion of non-Hispanic friends			0.872	0.910	0.911	0.913
Proportion of non-Hispanic neighbors			1.051	1.026	1.024	0.970
Speak English with parent			1.185	1.067	1.075	1.106
Parent-child language conflict			0.990	1.021	1.011	0.868
Demographics
Male		1.588**		1.567**	1.558**	1.774***
Age		1.846***		1.839***	1.836***	1.544***
Income		1.013		1.011	1.013	1.034
Family and Communication
Family support index					0.905*	0.956
Perception of Peer Substance Use
Peer alcohol use						3.101***
Number of events	183	183	183	183	183	183
Number of observations	1075	1075	1075	1075	1075	1075
-2 Log Likelihood	2131.223	2064.925	2128.488	2063.822	2060.063	2014.974

^δp<0.10

^*p<0.05

^**p<0.01

^***p<0.001 (two-tailed)

^aDemographic variables (except age) and assimilation are measured only at baseline; all other predictors are lagged one wave.