Drinking and driving among Mexican American and non-Hispanic white males in Long Beach, California

Alcohol Use and Problem Drinking Among Male Mexican and Central American Im/migrant Laborers

“…No single study primarily addressed the topic of alcohol use and im/migrant laborers defined either by their recent arrival to the United States or their occupations, although four alcohol-focused studies did analyze a subgroup similar to the definition of im/migrant laborers defined in this review (Caetano & Medina-Mora, 1988;Ferguson, Burns, Fiorentino, Williams, & Garcia, 2002;Marin & Posner, 1995;Polednak, 1997). Eight studies were found that measured alcohol use by amount and/or frequency among agricultural workers (Ford, King, Nerenberg, & Rojo, 2001;Grzywacz et al, 2006;Grzywacz, Quandt, Isom, & Arcury, 2007;McCurdy, Samuels, Carroll, Beaumont, & Morrin, 2003;Mines, Mullenax, & Saca, 2001;Villarejo, 2000;Winkleby et al, 2006;Winkleby, Snider, Davis, Jennings, & Ahn, 2003), and an additional study compared agricultural workers with urban day laborers (Ritieni, Quesada, Gilbreath, & Kral, 2007).…”

The social accident: A theoretical model and a research agenda for studying the influence of social and cultural characteristics on motor vehicle accidents

“…Various studies have found a relationship between driving violations, perceptions of risk, and accident involvement, on the one hand, and ethnic groups and socioeconomic conditions, on the other (Ferguson et al, 2002;Stiles and Grieshop, 1999;Vredenburgh and Cohen, 1995). In Arizona, for example, the fatality rate from road accidents differs among the different ethnic groups-Indian Americans were found to have the highest risk of dying in an auto accident (Outcalt et al, 2003).…”

Driving under the influence (DUI) among U.S. ethnic groups

“…Also, the overall 12-month rate of drinking and driving in the population 16 years of age and older has increased slightly, climbing from a low of 20% in 1997 to 23% in 2001 (Royal, 2003). Ethnicity, as gender, age, driving behaviors and drinking patterns, has been one of the factors linked with driving under the influence of alcohol (Caetano and Clark, 2000;Ferguson et al, 2002;Voas et al, 1998). However, the evidence from different studies is not consistent for all ethnic groups.…”