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Economic and cultural correlates of cannabis use among mid-adolescents in 31 countries

Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse
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http://hdl.handle.net/10379/2345
 https://doi.org/10.13025/22183
Publication Date
2006-02
Keywords
Adolescents, Cannabis, International comparisons, Personal consumer expenditure, Health Promotion
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Ter Bogt, T., Schmid, H., Nic Gabhainn, S., Fotiou, A., & Vollebergh, W. (2006). Economic and cultural correlates of cannabis use among mid-adolescents in 31 countries. Addiction, 101(2), 241-251.
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Aims: To examine cannabis use among mid-adolescents in 31 countries and associations with per-capita personal consumer expenditure (PCE), unemployment, peer factors and national rates of cannabis use in 1999. Design, participants and measurement :Nationally representative, self-report, classroom survey with 22 223 male and 24 900 female 15-year-olds. Country characteristics were derived from publicly available economic databases and previously conducted cross-national surveys on substance use.
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World Health Organization
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Wiley
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