Table 4. U.S.-Mexico Study on Alcohol and Related Conditions (UMSARC).
Factors associated with wanting and receiving help among respondents who ever used alcohol or drugs – Mexico
| Wanted Help N=1508 |
Received Help N=1508 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | ||
| Bivariate Odds Ratios | |||||
| Border residence | 0.40 | (0.24–0.69) *** | 0.41 | (0.21–0.80) ** | |
| Adjusted Odds Ratios | |||||
| Border residence | 0.41 | (0.21–0.82) ** | 0.51 | (0.22–1.19) | |
| Gender (Male) | 1.27 | (0.60–2.712) | 2.38 | (0.55–10.34) | |
| Age (30+ vs 18–29) | 1.26 | (0.63–2.49) | 1.39 | (0.56–3.44) | |
| Education | |||||
| Less than high school (ref) | -- | -- | |||
| High school graduate | 0.54 | (0.19–1.54) | 1.14 | (0.39–3.32) | |
| Some college/college graduate | 0.68 | (0.29–1.64) | 0.43 | (0.13–1.42) | |
| Employment | |||||
| Working FT/PT (ref) | -- | -- | |||
| Unemployed | 2.17 | (0.71–6.67) | 1.70 | (0.36–8.93) | |
| Not in labor force | 1.45 | (0.68–3.09) | 2.10 | (0.79–5.56) | |
| Health insurance | |||||
| None (ref) | -- | -- | |||
| Public | 4.89 | (1.15–20.70) * | 2.07 | (0.49–8.75) | |
| Private/other | 2.75 | (0.60–12.52) | 2.51 | (0.51–12.41) | |
| Alcohol use disorder (lifetime) | |||||
| None (ref) | -- | -- | |||
| Mild | 5.61 | (2.34–13.46) *** | 6.29 | (1.88–20.98) ** | |
| Moderate | 7.80 | (2.98–20.42) *** | 23.05 | (6.19–85.84) *** | |
| Severe | 24.75 | (9.31–65.78) *** | 39.51 | (9.93–157.15) *** | |
| Drug use/problems (lifetime) | |||||
| No drug use (ref) | -- | -- | |||
| Illicit drug use/no problems | 2.24 | (1.13–4.43) * | 1.42 | (0.56–3.65) | |
| Drug-related problems | 3.40 | (0.86–13.46) + | 0.65 | (0.15–2.72) | |
| Neighborhood insecurity | 0.85 | (0.40–1.81) | 0.99 | (0.42–2.36) | |
| Drug environment | 1.04 | (0.51–2.10) | 0.79 | (0.35–1.77) | |
| Migration experience | 2.00 | (1.13–3.50) * | 1.62 | (0.75–3.51) | |
| Number responding “yes” | 61 | 32 | |||
+
p≤.10
*
p≤.05
**
p≤.01
***
p≤.001