Survey of Hispanics and Alcohol Dependence
to Be Expanded to U.S.-Mexico Border Population
A large survey conducted by researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health Dallas Regional Campus, 
which examined alcohol abuse and dependence among Hispanic populations in the United States, will be expanded to Mexican Americans living along the U.S.-Mexico border. The expansion is supported by a $1.5 million grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Researchers will survey 1,500 Mexican Americans living on the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California to examine their alcohol consumption and behavior. This research will then be compared with the sample of 1,500 Mexican Americans in Los Angeles and Houston surveyed as part of previous research.
“The border population is particularly interesting because it is exposed to underage drinking options, with Mexico’s legal drinking age being 18,” says Raul Caetano, M.D., Ph.D., regional dean of the UT School of Public Health Dallas Regional Campus. “Along with age, we will be considering other factors such as religious affiliation, the Mexican culture’s influence, the cost of drinking and male/female behavior comparisons.”
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