RACE, CLASS, AND GENDER DIFFERENCES IN SUBSTANCE-ABUSE - EVIDENCE OF MIDDLE-CLASS UNDERCLASS POLARIZATION AMONG BLACK-MALES

Authors
BARR KEM FARRELL MP WELTE JW BARNES GM
Citation
Kem. Barr et al., RACE, CLASS, AND GENDER DIFFERENCES IN SUBSTANCE-ABUSE - EVIDENCE OF MIDDLE-CLASS UNDERCLASS POLARIZATION AMONG BLACK-MALES, Social problems, 40(3), 1993, pp. 314-327
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Sociology
Journal title
Social problems → ACNP
ISSN journal
00377791
Volume
40
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
314 - 327
Database
ISI
SICI code
0037-7791(1993)40:3<314:RCAGDI>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
In this study differences in alcohol and illicit drug use were examine d in relation to Wilson's theory of class polarization within the blac k population. With data from a large representative sample of the adul t Population in New York State, regression analysis showed that the re lationship between socioeconomic status and substance abuse is stronge r for black males than for any other group. These findings are consist ent with Wilson's (1987) theory of the effects of deindustrialization on black males.