Table 2.
Characteristics of recent Latino immigrants with or without family history of substance use problems (FHSUP), Miami.
| Family History of Substance Use Problems (FHSUP) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | a FHSUP− | a FHSUP+ | p-Value |
| (n = 239) | (n = 235) | ||
| % | % | ||
| Age (years) | 0.237 | ||
| ≤25 | 37.2 | 42.6 | |
| >25 | 62.8 | 57.4 | |
| Gender | 0.262 | ||
| Female | 48.5 | 43.4 | |
| Male | 51.5 | 56.6 | |
| Marital status | 0.737 | ||
| Married/partnered | 37.7 | 36.2 | |
| Single | 62.3 | 63.8 | |
| English proficiency | 0.065 | ||
| Speak/Understand a little | 27.8 | 33.6 | |
| Understand fairly well | 48.5 | 37.9 | |
| Speak English well or very well | 23.6 | 28.5 | |
| Education | 0.021 | ||
| Less than high school or high school diploma | 43.1 | 55.3 | |
| Some training/college after high school | 39.7 | 28.9 | |
| Bachelor’s degree or advanced education | 17.2 | 15.7 | |
| Employment | 0.198 | ||
| No | 15.5 | 20.0 | |
| Yes | 84.5 | 80.0 | |
| Birth country/region | <0.001 | ||
| Cuba | 57.6 | 28.1 | |
| South America | 26.7 | 30.7 | |
| Central America | 15.7 | 41.1 | |
| Immigration reason | 0.003 | ||
| Economic reasons | 51.9 | 65.5 | |
| Not economic reasons | 48.1 | 34.5 | |
| Documentation status | <0.001 | ||
| Documented | 84.1 | 60.0 | |
| Undocumented | 15.9 | 40.0 | |
| Pre-immigration neighborhood crime level | <0.001 | ||
| Low | 52.7 | 34.9 | |
| Medium | 34.7 | 32.3 | |
| High | 12.6 | 32.8 | |
| Immigrated to the US alone | 0.017 | ||
| Yes | 43.1 | 54.0 | |
| No | 56.9 | 46.0 | |
| Pre-immigration alcohol misuse | <0.001 | ||
| Yes | 18.8 | 43.0 | |
| No | 81.2 | 57.0 | |
| Mean (b SD) | Mean (b SD) | p-value | |
| Income (total in past 3 months) | 7294 (5117) | 8011 (6289) | 0.174 |
| Acculturative stress | 5.2 (3.9) | 6.9 (5.0) | <0.001 |
| Social support scale total score | 4.2 (0.9) | 3.9 (1.0) | <0.001 |
a FHSUP, family history of substance use problems; b SD, standard deviation; Participants were grouped by exposure; the percentages are reported by column.