Race and sex differences in the measurement of risk for drug use

The study uses data from 2018 Black and White males and females and latent-variable structural equations techniques to examine group differences in the measurement of risk factors for substance use. First, the equivalence of measurement models for four demographic groups is examined separately for 1...

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Authors: Gottfredson, Denise C. (Author) ; Koper, Christopher S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 1997
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 1997, Volume: 13, Issue: 3, Pages: 325-347
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Keywords:
measurement of risk factors
Sex differences
race differences
Risk Factors
Drug use

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