Race and socioeconomic status in substance use progression and treatment entry. Issue 2 (3rd April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lewis, Ben; Hoffman, Lauren; Garcia, Christian C.; Nixon, Sara Jo
• Is Part Of: Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse. Volume 17:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 150
• Page End: 166
• Publication Date: 2018-04-03
• Subjects: Milestones -- race -- socioeconomic status -- substance use -- telescoping; Substance abuse -- Periodicals; Minorities -- Substance use -- Periodicals; Ethnicity -- Periodicals; Substance abuse -- United States -- Periodicals; Minorities -- Substance use -- United States -- Periodicals; Ethnicity -- United States -- Periodicals; Substance-Related Disorders -- ethnology -- Periodicals; 362.29089
• DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2017.1336959
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1533-2640

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study examined trajectories of progression from early substance use to treatment entry as a function of race, among inpatient treatment seekers ( N = 945). Following primary race-contingent analyses of use progression, secondary analyses were conducted to investigate the effects of socioeconomic status (SES) on the observed differences. African Americans reported significant delays in treatment entry relative to Caucasians. Racial differences in alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine use trajectories were observed. Accounting for SES rendered observations of accelerated use among African Americans nonsignificant. However, inclusion of SES failed to mitigate the marked racial disparity in treatment entry.