Assessing the Efficacy of Travis Hirschi's Social Bond Theory for Explaining Alcohol Consumption for First and Second Generation Immigrants and White Youth

Jessica S. Davis, Michigan State University

ABSTRACT
This paper explores the efficacy of the social bond theory for explaining explaining the drinking behavior of first- and second-generation immigrants and white youth. The data that is utilized is the first follow-up of the National Educational Longitudinal Study, July 1998. The initial results indicate that social bond theory is more applicable to explaining the drinking behavior of white youth than for first- or second-generation immigrant youth.

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