ERIC Number: EJ1398089
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 22
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1936-1653
EISSN: EISSN-1936-1661
Binge Drinking Disparities by Gender Identity, Race, and Ethnicity in California Secondary Schools
Journal of LGBT Youth, v20 n4 p896-917 2023
Our objective was to estimate disparities in binge drinking among secondary school students in California at the intersection of gender identity, race, and ethnicity, without aggregating racial and ethnic categories. We combined two years of the statewide middle and high school California Healthy Kids Survey (n = 951,995) and regressed past month binge drinking on gender identity (i.e., cisgender, transgender, or not sure of their gender identity), race (i.e., white, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, or multiracial), and ethnicity (i.e., Hispanic/Latinx or non-Hispanic/Latinx), and their interaction. Transgender students had greater odds of reporting past month binge drinking than cisgender students, with greater magnitudes among students with minoritized racial or ethnic identities compared to non-Hispanic/Latinx white students. For example, among non-Hispanic/Latinx white students, transgender students had 1.3 times greater odds (AOR = 1.30, 95% CI = 1.12-1.50), whereas among Hispanic/Latinx Black or African American students, transgender students had 5.3 times greater odds (AOR = 5.33, 95% CI = 3.84-7.39) of reporting past month binge drinking than cisgender students. Transgender adolescents, particularly those with minoritized racial or ethnic identities, may be at disproportionate risk of binge drinking. Interventions that address systemic racism and cisgenderism from an intersectional perspective are needed.
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Secondary School Students, Gender Differences, Sexual Identity, LGBTQ People, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Racism, Social Bias
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (DHHS/PHS); National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) (DHHS/NIH); National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (DHHS/NIH)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: California
Grant or Contract Numbers: T32DA023356; U54MD012397; R01MH123282