Titre : | Economic and cultural correlates of cannabis use among mid-adolescents in 31 countries |
Titre traduit : | (Correlations économiques et culturelles de la consommation de cannabis chez les adolescents dans 31 pays.) |
Auteurs : | T. F. M. ter BOGT ; H. SCHMID ; S. N. GABHAINN ; A. FOTIOU ; W. VOLLEBERGH |
Type de document : | Périodique |
Année de publication : | 2006 |
Format : | 241-251 / tabl. |
Note générale : |
Addiction, 2006, 101, (2), 241-251
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Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés CANNABIS ; CONSOMMATION ; PREVALENCE ; ENQUETE ; EPIDEMIOLOGIE DESCRIPTIVEThésaurus géographique EUROPE ; CANADA ; ETATS-UNIS ; RUSSIE |
Résumé : | 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. Findings: Cannabis use appears to be normative among mid-adolescents in North America and several countries in Europe. The life-time prevalence of cannabis use was 26% among males and 15% among females and was lowest for males and females in the former Yugoslav Republic (TFYR) of Macedonia: 2.5% and to 2.5%, respectively; and highest for males in Switzerland (49.1%) and in Greenland for females (47.0%). The highest prevalence of frequent cannabis use (more than 40 times in life-time) was seen in Canada for males (14.2%) and in the United States for females (5.5%). Overall, life-time prevalence and frequent use are associated with PCE, perceived availability of cannabis (peer culture) and the presence of communities of older cannabis users (drug climate). Conclusions: As PCE increases, cannabis use may be expected to increase and gender differences decease. Cross-national comparable policy measures should be developed and evaluated to examine which harm reduction strategies are most effective. (Review' s abstract) |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 45 |
Affiliation : |
Trimbos-instituut, PO Box 725, 3500 AS Utrecht, Pays-Bas. Netherlands. |
Numéro Toxibase : | 208795 |
Centre Emetteur : | 02 Coordonnateur |
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