Alcohol and Drug Use Survey - 1998

This study is part of the collection CAN:s Alcohol and Drug Use Survey

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

The Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs

Description

Since 1971, a national drug habit survey has been conducted among Swedish ninth graders. From 2004, annual survey are also being conducted among students in the second year of high school.

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.

Subject 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, drugs, schools

Principal organisation

The Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs

Accessibility status

Access to data through an external actor
Access to data is restricted

Homepage

The study homepage

Responsible department/unit

The Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

The Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs

Identifiers

SND-ID: EXT 0242

Description

Geographic spread

Geographic description: Sweden

Unit of analysis

Individual

Population

Students in ninth grade.

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling procedure

Probability: Cluster

Probability: Simple random

Subject 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, drugs, schools

Contacts for questions about the data

Isabella Gripe

Siri Thor

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CAN:s Alcohol and Drug Use Survey

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