TY - JOUR
T1 - Migration Intentions and Alcohol Use Among Adolescents in West-Central Mexico
AU - Marsiglia, Flavio F.
AU - Wu, Shiyou
AU - Han, Seung Yong
AU - Nuño-Gutierrez, Bertha L.
AU - Garcia Perez, Maria Hilda
AU - Yabiku, Scott
AU - Glick, Jennifer
N1 - Funding Information:
This study is part of the Family Migration Context, Aspirations and Children’s Schooling (FAMELO): Mexico, Mozambique & Nepal. Funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). P01HD080659 and P2CHD041025. PI: Glick. J.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - This study explores the association between migration intentions and alcohol use among west-central Mexico adolescents living in high migration communities. This study used the baseline data from the Family Migration and Early Life Outcomes (FAMELO) project (N = 1286), collected in 2018. We used multiple imputations to address missingness and propensity score matching to reduce the selection bias. We also conducted subgroup analyses to compare gender difference (i.e., boys vs. girls) on the relationship between migration intention and alcohol use. The findings show that for the whole sample, youth with migration intentions had significant higher odds (OR = 1.78; p =.010) of having a lifetime drinking experience when compared to youth who reported no interest in living abroad, but this association remained significant only for boys (OR = 2.14; p =.010). This study makes an important contribution to our understanding of the etiology of migration intentions and alcohol use for adolescents living in sending migration communities. The findings have specific alcohol prevention, policy, and future research implications in Mexico and the U.S.
AB - This study explores the association between migration intentions and alcohol use among west-central Mexico adolescents living in high migration communities. This study used the baseline data from the Family Migration and Early Life Outcomes (FAMELO) project (N = 1286), collected in 2018. We used multiple imputations to address missingness and propensity score matching to reduce the selection bias. We also conducted subgroup analyses to compare gender difference (i.e., boys vs. girls) on the relationship between migration intention and alcohol use. The findings show that for the whole sample, youth with migration intentions had significant higher odds (OR = 1.78; p =.010) of having a lifetime drinking experience when compared to youth who reported no interest in living abroad, but this association remained significant only for boys (OR = 2.14; p =.010). This study makes an important contribution to our understanding of the etiology of migration intentions and alcohol use for adolescents living in sending migration communities. The findings have specific alcohol prevention, policy, and future research implications in Mexico and the U.S.
KW - Alcohol prevention
KW - Alcohol use
KW - Ecological systems
KW - Immigration stress
KW - Mexico adolescent
KW - Migration intentions
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U2 - 10.1007/s10560-021-00756-x
DO - 10.1007/s10560-021-00756-x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85103348041
SN - 0738-0151
VL - 40
SP - 119
EP - 130
JO - Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal
JF - Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal
IS - 1
ER -