Having the wrong friends? Peer effects in adolescent substance use

Swedish cross-sectional survey data on young individuals aged 12–18-year-old was used to analyse school–class based peer effects in binge drinking, smoking and illicit-drug use. Significant and positive peer effects were found for all three activities. By introducing school/grade fixed effects, the...

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Volume:	25
Main Author:	Lundborg, Petter
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	AMSTERDAM Elsevier B.V 2006 ELSEVIER Elsevier
published in:	Journal of health economics Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 214 - 233
Data of publication:	2006
ISSN:	0167-6296 1879-1646 1879-1646
EISSN:	1879-1646
Discipline:	Public Health Economics
Series:	Journal of Health Economics
Subjects:	Substance use Adolescents Peer effects Economics Social Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Health Care Sciences & Services Business & Economics Health Policy & Services Science & Technology Sweden United States Humans Adolescent Peer Group Female Male Surveys and Questionnaires Substance-Related Disorders Child Peer pressure Analysis Youth Substance abuse Teenagers Behavior Social aspects Drugs and youth Schools substance use Hälsovetenskap Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy Medical and Health Sciences adolescents Medicin och hälsovetenskap peer effects Hälso- och sjukvårdsorganisation, hälsopolitik och hälsoekonomi Health Sciences United States Sweden Substance use Peer effects I12 Adolescents D1 substance use NEIGHBORHOODS ACHIEVEMENT TESTS DRUG-USE ALCOHOL adolescents DETERMINANTS RISK PERCEPTIONS peer effects OUTCOMES SMOKING-BEHAVIOR
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