Drinking for wages: XXXX use among cantineras.

@entity167 @entity1 @entity3067
OBJECTIVE: This study reports on patterns of @entity167 use among cantineras: recently immigrated Latina @entity1 who make a living drinking in working class Latino bars (cantinas). METHOD: @entity1 working in 10 cantinas in a Latino neighborhood participated in a semistructured interview that included questions about their personal background and current working conditions. Twenty-one @entity1 were interviewed at their home or place of work. RESULTS: Drinking is a duty required of @entity1 who work in cantinas, and the conditions in which @entity167 is consumed varies by the type of job they perform. Cantineras establish drinking habits and routines to maximize profits and maintain their jobs, while adopting coping strategies to minimize adverse health consequences. CONCLUSIONS: The drinking behavior of cantineras presents a paradox. To make a living, they need to become efficient drinkers who profit from their behavior. At the same time, they need to recognize and set limits to their drinking. The norms of cantineras distinguish drinking as duty from drinking for recreation, and they recognize problem drinking. The heavy health burden imposed by obligatory drinking at work is the result of limited job opportunities and the @entity3067 experienced by Latina immigrants who must find ways to cope with the pressures they endure as poor @entity1 .
