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.

Data contains personal data

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Individual

Population

Students in ninth grade.

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling procedure

Probability: Cluster
Probability: Simple random

Urvalet dras med ett s.k. Pareto πps-urval. Urvalsdesignen innebär att ett objekts sannolikhet att komma med i urvalet är proportionell mot ett förutbestämt storleksmått.

Number of individuals/objects

5349

Response rate/participation rate

85%

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Data collection

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire
Time period(s) for data collection: 2002-03 – 2002-05
Source of the data: Population group

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic description: Sweden

Administrative information

Topic and keywords

Research area

Medical and health sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Health sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Health (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Keywords

Leisure time, Alcohol drinking, Family, Gambling, Health, Narcotics, Smoking, Tobacco, smokeless, Nicotiana, Illegal drugs, Schools

Publications

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Reports

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