. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Immigr Minor Health. 2017 Oct;19(5):1174–1185. doi: 10.1007/s10903-016-0442-y

Table 2. U.S.-Mexico Study on Alcohol and Related Conditions (UMSARC).

Desire for and receipt of help among border and non-border lifetime alcohol or drug users in each country (N=3513) In percentages (data are weighted)

	US Non-Border	US Border	MX Non-Border	MX Border
All lifetime alcohol or drug users:	N=658	1289	486	1080
Wanted help	13.8	7.7^***	6.9	2.7^**
Received help	7.6	4.6^**	3.4	1.3^**
If wanted help:	(93)	(109)	(31)	(34)
Received help	55.3	59.7	50.0	47.2
If had a lifetime alcohol or drug problem:	N=306	542	123	203
Wanted help	27.2	17.8^**	19.7	12.3⁺
Received help	15.2	10.4+	10.2	5.3+
If wanted help:	(88)	(101)	(23)	(31)
Received help	55.9	58.4	51.7	43.0

⁺

p≤.10 for difference between border and non-border within each country; p values determined by Rao-Scott chi-square test

^**

p≤.01

^***

p≤.001