Open AccessSmoking among Mexican Americans: a three-generation study.
Author(s) -
Kyriakos S. Markides,
Jeannine Coreil,
L. Ray
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.77.6.708
Subject(s) - mexican americans , acculturation , demography , medicine , smoking prevalence , white (mutation) , public health , gerontology , ethnic group , immigration , geography , biochemistry , chemistry , archaeology , sociology , anthropology , gene , nursing
Smoking behavior was investigated with data from a three-generation study of Mexican Americans in San Antonio, Texas. Rates of smoking among the men were found to be higher than rates for other White men obtained in previous studies, while rates for women were slightly lower than those reported for other White women. However, the percentage of light smokers was considerably higher among Mexican Americans than among other groups. There was no evidence that acculturation was a consistent predictor of greater likelihood of smoking. However, there was evidence that the smoking behavior of younger Mexican Americans, particularly the women, was associated with the smoking behavior of their parents.