Alcohol-related social problems among Mexican Americans living in U.S.–Mexico border and non-border areas

This paper examines alcohol-related social problems among Mexican Americans living along the U.S.–Mexico border and in non-border areas. Interviews were conducted among Mexican Americans in the border regions of California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas (N = 1307). Non-border respondents were interviewed primarily in Houston and Los Angeles (N = 1288) as part of the Hispanic Americans Baseline Alcohol Survey (HABLAS). Both the border and HABLAS...