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Association between illegal drugs and weapon carrying in young people in Scotland: schools' survey (2000)
(Lien entre les drogues illégales et le port d'armes chez les jeunes écossais : une enquête en milieu scolaire)
Auteur(s) :
McKEGANEY, N. ;
NORRIE J.
Année
2000
Page(s) :
982-984
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
13
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
ADOLESCENT
;
MILIEU SCOLAIRE
;
DELINQUANCE
;
COHORTE
;
ENQUETE
;
FACTEUR DE RISQUE
;
CONSOMMATION
;
PRODUIT ILLICITE
Thésaurus géographique
ECOSSE
;
ROYAUME-UNI
Résumé :
FRANÇAIS :
Une enquête par questionnaires a été menée sur un échantillon de 3121 collégiens ou lycéens (entre 11 et 16 ans) en Ecosse, dans le but de déterminer le type d'armes portées par les jeunes, d'évaluer l'importance de ce problème et la relation entre le port d'armes et l'usage de substances illicites. Résultats : 34% des garçons et 8% des filles déclaraient avoir déjà porté une arme ; et l'expérimentation des drogues illicites est apparue comme un facteur très fortement associé à l'utilisation d'armes, pour les deux sexes.
ENGLISH :
Objectives: To identify the type and extent of weapons being carried among young people in Scotland, and to determine the relation between use of illegal drugs and weapon carrying.
Design: Questionnaire school survey. Setting: Independent schools in central Scotland and schools in Lanarkshire and Perth and Kinross. Participants: 3121 students aged 11 to 16 in 20 schools. Main outcome measures: Self completion questionnaire reporting history of drug use and weapon carrying.
Results: Overall, 34.1% of males and 8.6% of females reported having carried a weapon (P<0.0001), ranging from 29.2% of boys aged 11-13 (classes S1 to S2) to 39.3% of boys aged 13-15 (S3 to S4). These values are higher than those in a recent survey of young people in England. Weapon carrying in Lanarkshire was 70% higher for males than in the rural area of Perth and Kinross. Both males and females who had taken drugs were more likely to carry weapons (63.5% of male drug users versus 20.5% of non-users and 22.8% of female drug users versus 3.7% of non-users; both P<0.0001). The proportions of males carrying weapons who used none, one, two, three or four, or five or more illegal drugs were 21%, 52%, 68%,74% and 92% respectively. A similar trend was found among females.
Conclusions: Better information is needed on the nature and extent of weapon carrying by young people in the United Kingdom, and better educational campaigns are needed warning of the dangers of carrying weapons. (Author's abstract)
Une enquête par questionnaires a été menée sur un échantillon de 3121 collégiens ou lycéens (entre 11 et 16 ans) en Ecosse, dans le but de déterminer le type d'armes portées par les jeunes, d'évaluer l'importance de ce problème et la relation entre le port d'armes et l'usage de substances illicites. Résultats : 34% des garçons et 8% des filles déclaraient avoir déjà porté une arme ; et l'expérimentation des drogues illicites est apparue comme un facteur très fortement associé à l'utilisation d'armes, pour les deux sexes.
ENGLISH :
Objectives: To identify the type and extent of weapons being carried among young people in Scotland, and to determine the relation between use of illegal drugs and weapon carrying.
Design: Questionnaire school survey. Setting: Independent schools in central Scotland and schools in Lanarkshire and Perth and Kinross. Participants: 3121 students aged 11 to 16 in 20 schools. Main outcome measures: Self completion questionnaire reporting history of drug use and weapon carrying.
Results: Overall, 34.1% of males and 8.6% of females reported having carried a weapon (P<0.0001), ranging from 29.2% of boys aged 11-13 (classes S1 to S2) to 39.3% of boys aged 13-15 (S3 to S4). These values are higher than those in a recent survey of young people in England. Weapon carrying in Lanarkshire was 70% higher for males than in the rural area of Perth and Kinross. Both males and females who had taken drugs were more likely to carry weapons (63.5% of male drug users versus 20.5% of non-users and 22.8% of female drug users versus 3.7% of non-users; both P<0.0001). The proportions of males carrying weapons who used none, one, two, three or four, or five or more illegal drugs were 21%, 52%, 68%,74% and 92% respectively. A similar trend was found among females.
Conclusions: Better information is needed on the nature and extent of weapon carrying by young people in the United Kingdom, and better educational campaigns are needed warning of the dangers of carrying weapons. (Author's abstract)
Affiliation :
Centre for Drug Misuse Research, University of Glasgow, UK