Mq. Wang et al., MULTIPLE-DRUG USE AND DEPRESSION - GENDER DIFFERENCES AMONG AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN A HIGH-RISK COMMUNITY, Journal of alcohol and drug education, 43(1), 1997, pp. 87-96
This study compared gender differences associated with depression and
multiple drug use (alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine) among African-Amer
icans in a high-risk community. A street sample (N=553) from four high
-risk communities in Birmingham, Alabama, was collected through person
al interviews. Interviewers asked respondents about their drug-use beh
avior in the past 30 days, as well as about their depressive symptoms
during the past week, Two-way factorial analysis of variance and follo
w-up tests showed that depression scores were significantly higher for
women than for men among all levels of drug use. This difference was
greatest when drug use involved cocaine and/or crack.