Creator/Principal investigator(s)
The Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs
Description
The Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs (CAN) are responsible for the annual survey since 1986. CAN is a non-governmental organization and their main tasks are to follow the drug trends in Sweden and to inform the public and educate professionals on alcohol and other drugs.
The results from the survey are published in a report called “Skolelevers drogvanor” (Alcohol and Drug Use Among Students). CAN also conduct regional and local school surveys upon requests from municipalities and regions.
Purpose:
The aim of the study is primarily to describe the development of drug habits and to study the differences between various groups.
Research principal
The Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs
Data contains personal data
No
Unit of analysis
Population
Students in ninth grade.
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Geographic spread
Geographic description: Sweden
Research area
HEALTH
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and Health Sciences, Health Sciences
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Keywords
leisure time, alcohol drinking, family, gambling, health, narcotics, smoking, tobacco, smokeless, tobacco, illegal drugs, schools
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Contact
Isabella Gripe
Siri Thor
Description
The survey in 1984 was answered by 32,819 students in ninth grade (16,832 boys and 15,987 girls), which represented a response rate of 86 % in total. Data from this years survey is not electronic accessible.Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
The Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs
Time period(s) investigated
1984 – 1984
Number of individuals/objects
32819
Response rate/participation rate
86%