Male-Female Differences in Transitions from First Drug Opportunity to First Use: Searching for Subgroup Variation by Age, Race, Region, and Urban Status
dc.contributor.author | Van Etten, Michelle L. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Anthony, James C. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-07-10T19:10:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2009-07-10T19:10:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2001-10-01 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Van Etten, Michelle L.; Anthony, James C. (2001). "Male-Female Differences in Transitions from First Drug Opportunity to First Use: Searching for Subgroup Variation by Age, Race, Region, and Urban Status." Journal of Women's Health & Gender-Based Medicine 10(8): 797-804 <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/63334> | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/63334 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=11703892&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Recent studies in the United States suggest that male-female differences in the prevalence of drug use may result from sex differences in opportunities to use drugs rather than from differences in the likelihood of making a transition into drug use once an opportunity has occurred. That is, men have more opportunities to try drugs, but women appear to be just as likely as men to initiate drug use when given the opportunity to do so. This paper examines whether this general observation holds for subgroups defined by age or birth cohort, race/ethnicity, geographic region, and urban status. We analyzed data from the 1991, 1992, and 1993 National Household Surveys on Drug Abuse. We found general consistency across the subgroups studied. Males were more likely than females to have opportunities to use drugs, but the sexes were equally likely to make a transition into drug use once an opportunity had occurred to try a drug. The implications of this evidence are discussed in relation to the epidemiology and prevention of drug use and with respect to future research on sex and gender differences in drug involvement. | en_US |
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dc.format.extent | 2489 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.publisher | Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers | en_US |
dc.title | Male-Female Differences in Transitions from First Drug Opportunity to First Use: Searching for Subgroup Variation by Age, Race, Region, and Urban Status | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 11703892 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/63334/1/15246090152636550.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | doi:10.1089/15246090152636550 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Women's Health & Gender-Based Medicine | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Journal of Women's Health & Gender-Based Medicine | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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