Table 4.

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

	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4	Model 5
Independent Variablesa	θ	θ	θ	θ	θ
Assimilation
Proportion of non-Hispanic friends	1.043		1.097	1.081	1.040
Proportion of non-Hispanic neighbors	1.073		1.027	1.031	1.004
Speak English with parents	1.147		1.135	1.126	1.165
Parent-child language conflict	1.382		1.185	1.187	1.143
Demographics
Male		1.312	1.338	1.342	1.561*
Age		1.756***	1.747***	1.758***	1.458***
Income		0.988	0.983	0.987	1.007
Family and Communication
Family support index				0.908	0.938
Perception of Peer Substance Use
Peer alcohol use					2.993***
Number of events	116	116	116	116	116
Number of observations	700	700	700	700	700
-2 Log Likelihood	1220.904	1189.733	1188.543	1186.566	1161.569

^†p<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.