TABLE 2—
Prevalence of Alcohol Use, Alcohol Use Disorders, Drug Use, and 2 Symptoms of Drug Use Disorder, by Migration Category: US–Mexico Study on Alcohol and Related Conditions Survey, 2011–2013
| Variable | Mexican Without Migrant Experience, No. (Weighted %) | Mexican With a Family Member in the United States, No. (Weighted %) | Mexican Return Migrant, No. (Weighted %) | US Immigrants First Generation Aged ≥ 13 y, No. (Weighted %) | US Immigrants First Generation Aged < 13 y, No. (Weighted %) | US-Born Second Generation, No. (Weighted %) | US-Born Third-Plus Generation, No. (Weighted %) | P |
| Lifetime alcohol use | < .001 | |||||||
| No | 822 (41.0) | 118 (47.0) | 5 (11.9) | 159 (35.2) | 43 (20.6) | 124 (17.3) | 125 (13.7) | |
| Yes | 1300 (59.0) | 152 (53.0) | 53 (88.1) | 308 (64.8) | 184 (79.4) | 578 (82.7) | 807 (86.3) | |
| Past-year alcohol use | < .001 | |||||||
| No | 1005 (48.3) | 143 (53.5) | 13 (19.3) | 206 (44.3) | 56 (26.9) | 169 (23.6) | 214 (23.0) | |
| Yes | 1117 (51.7) | 127 (46.5) | 45 (80.7) | 261 (55.7) | 171 (73.1) | 533 (76.4) | 718 (77.0) | |
| Lifetime any drug use | < .001 | |||||||
| No | 1880 (89.5) | 229 (86.6) | 39 (69.2) | 348 (75.3) | 135 (61.4) | 354 (52.7) | 396 (45.0) | |
| Yes | 241 (10.5) | 40 (13.4) | 19 (30.8) | 119 (24.7) | 92 (38.6) | 348 (47.3) | 533 (55.0) | |
| Past-year any drug use | < .001 | |||||||
| No | 1999 (94.8) | 251 (94.7) | 50 (87.6) | 411 (86.0) | 179 (76.8) | 534 (76.8) | 668 (74.3) | |
| Yes | 114 (5.2) | 18 (5.3) | 8 (12.4) | 56 (14.0) | 47 (23.2) | 168 (23.2) | 259 (25.7) | |
| Past year any DSM-IV alcohol-use disorder | < .001 | |||||||
| No | 1960 (92.5) | 251 (93.8) | 39 (67.8) | 420 (91.1) | 193 (84.4) | 567 (81.2) | 753 (81.7) | |
| Yes | 164 (7.5) | 19 (6.2) | 19 (32.2) | 47 (8.9) | 34 (15.6) | 135 (18.8) | 179 (18.3) | |
| Lifetime drug-use disorder symptoms | < .001 | |||||||
| No | 2041 (98.2) | 255 (97.2) | 47 (83.3) | 429 (95.0) | 198 (88.5) | 580 (84.1) | 721 (79.5) | |
| Yes | 47 (1.8) | 8 (2.8) | 11 (16.7) | 28 (5.0) | 28 (11.5) | 112 (15.9) | 194 (20.5) | |
| Past-year drug-use disorder symptoms | < .001 | |||||||
| No | 2064 (99.1) | 260 (99.3) | 53 (91.6) | 448 (98.6) | 213 (93.4) | 647 (93.6) | 839 (93.2) | |
| Yes | 24 (0.9) | 3 (0.7) | 5 (8.4) | 9 (1.4) | 13 (6.6) | 45 (6.4) | 76 (6.8) |
Note. DSM-IV = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition.25 Drug-use disorder symptoms are hazardous use and quit or control. Drug use includes prescription drugs (pain relievers, sedatives, stimulants, and other prescription drugs) and illicit drugs (marijuana, cocaine or crack, heroin or opium, methamphetamines, hallucinogens, and other recreational drugs).