Drug Use and Cultural Factors Among Hispanic Adolescents and Emerging Adults, Los Angeles, 2006-2016 (ICPSR 36765)

Version Date: Oct 3, 2018

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Principal Investigator(s):
Jennifer Unger, University of Southern California

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36765.v2

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  • V1 [2018-09-06] unpublished
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Summary

The Drug Use and Cultural Factors Among Hispanic Adolescents and Emerging Adults - Los Angeles, 2006-2016 collection examines the cultural risk and protective factors for substance use among Hispanic adolescents and emerging adults in Southern California. Adolescents were recruited in 9th grade and completed annual surveys about their substance use, acculturation, ethnic identity, cultural stressors, peer and family relationships, and cultural values. They were re-contacted to complete surveys in their early 20s; this survey also included measures of sexual behavior and interpersonal violence.

Demographic variables present in this collection include age, gender, grade in school, ethnicity, country of origin, education level, language spoken, socioeconomic status, marital status, sexual orientation, ZIP code, and place of residence.

Citation

Unger, Jennifer. Drug Use and Cultural Factors Among Hispanic Adolescents and Emerging Adults, Los Angeles, 2006-2016. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-10-03. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36765.v2

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Funding

United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA016310)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

ZIP code

Restrictions

Access to these data is restricted. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a Restricted Data Use Agreement, specify the reasons for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research.

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

2006 -- 2016

Date of Collection

2006-01-12 -- 2006-03-30 (Year 1), 2007-02-01 -- 2007-07-25 (Year 2), 2008-02-04 -- 2008-06-30 (Year 3), 2010-11-23 -- 2013-01-26 (Emerging Adulthood Year 1), 2012-07-16 -- 2013-12-02 (Emerging Adulthood Year 2), 2013-12-04 -- 2014-08-20 (Emerging Adulthood Year 3), 2015-01-27 -- 2016-02-09 (Emerging Adulthood Year 4)

Data Collection Notes

  1. This data is part of Project RED conducted at the University of Southern California. Additional information about the study and about Project RED can be found at the Project Red website.
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Study Purpose

Project RED aims to explore the relationship between acculturation and known psychological and social factors that influence the decisions that youth make about drug use. The primary objective is to better understand the risk and protective factors relevant to the population that attend the identified schools and incorporate findings in to the development of innovative drug prevention programs tailored to meet the specific needs of these students. Following the students through high school allowed researcher to better understand the etiology of risky as well as healthy behavior.

Sample

Researchers gathered participants from seven high schools in the Los Angeles area where the population is at least 70% Hispanic, as indicated by data from the California Board of Education. An eighth school was added to the sample in the second wave of the study. Sampling included an emphasis on schools with a wide range of socioeconomic characteristics. Census data was used to obtain an estimate of the median annual household incomes of the ZIP codes served by the schools. Participants enrolled in these high schools were included in the study during their 9th grade year, and only participants who initially self-identified as either Hispanic, Latino/a, Mexican, Mexican-American, Chicano/a, Central America, South America, Metizo, La Raza, or Spanish were retained for additional waves of the study.

Time Method

Longitudinal: Cohort / Event-based

Universe

Adolescents attending predominantly Hispanic high schools in Los Angeles, California.

Unit(s) of Observation

Individual

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

Description of Variables

This data collection includes a total for 7 waves of data. Variables are named to indicate which year of data collection they are from (e.g. Y1 = year 1 data, EA1 = Emerging Adulthood follow up year 1), and are grouped in the dataset in chronological order.

Each year of data includes the following number of variables:

  • Year 1: 862
  • Year 2: 781
  • Year 3: 331
  • Emerging Adulthood Year 1: 355
  • Emerging Adulthood Year 2: 278
  • Emerging Adulthood Year 3: 318
  • Emerging Adulthood Year 4: 341

    • Response Rates

    In 2005, all 9th graders attending selected schools (n = 3218) were invited to participate in the survey. Of those, 75 percent (n = 2,420) provided parental consent and student assent. Of the 2,420 students who provided consent and assent, 2,226 (92 percent) completed the survey in 9th grade. Of the 2,226 students who completed the 9th grade survey, 1,773 (80 percent) also completed surveys in 10th and 11th grade with 182 (8 percent) students completing a survey in 10th grade but not in 11th grade, 50 students (2 percent) completing a survey in 11th grade but not in 10th grade, and 217 (10 percent) students lost to attrition before the 10th grade survey.

    Presence of Common Scales

  • Marin and Marin Acculturation Scale;
  • Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) 1998 and 2010;
  • Rutgers Alcohol Problem Index (RAPI 18-item version) adapted for general drug use;
  • Disciplinary and Delinquent Behavior-SAGE Baseline Survey;
  • The Acculturation, Habits, and Interests Multicultural Scale for Adolescents (AHIMSA);
  • Multidimensional Acculturative Stress Inventory for Adults of Mexican Origin;
  • Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans (ARSMA) and ARSMA-II;
  • Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire, 1993;
  • Perceived Stress Scale;
  • California Healthy Kids, 2002;
  • HITS Scale (Hurt, Insulted, Threatened with harm, and Screamed at them);
  • FACES-II scale;
  • Multiphasic Assessment of Cultural Construct (MACCSF);
  • Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)

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    Original Release Date

    2018-09-06

    Version History

    2018-10-03 The title for this study has been updated in each data and documentation file. No other changes occurred to the files.

    2018-09-06 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

    • Created variable labels and/or value labels.
    • Standardized missing values.
    • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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    Weight

    There are no weight variables present in the data.

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    Notes

    • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

    • One or more files in this data collection have special restrictions. Restricted data files are not available for direct download from the website; click on the Restricted Data button to learn more.