Summary information

Study title

Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People, 2007

Creator

National Centre for Social Research
National Foundation for Educational Research

Study number / PID

6005 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-6005-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People surveys began in 1982, under the name Smoking among Secondary Schoolchildren. The series initially aimed to provide national estimates of the proportion of secondary schoolchildren aged 11-15 who smoked, and to describe their smoking behaviour. Similar surveys were carried out every two years until 1998 to monitor trends in the prevalence of cigarette smoking. The survey then moved to an annual cycle, and questions on alcohol consumption and drug use were included. The name of the series changed to Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young Teenagers to reflect this widened focus. In 2000, the series title changed, to Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People. NHS Digital (formerly the Information Centre for Health and Social Care) took over from the Department of Health as sponsors and publishers of the survey series from 2005. From 2014 onwards, the series changed to a biennial one, with no survey taking place in 2015, 2017 or 2019.In some years, the surveys have been carried out in Scotland and Wales as well as England, to provide separate national estimates for these countries. In 2002, following a review of Scotland's future information needs in relation to drug misuse among schoolchildren, a separate Scottish series, Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS) was established by the Scottish Executive.Main Topics:As well as the core questions on smoking, drinking and drug use, the 2007 questionnaire collected more extensive information about drugs and drug use. This included:drug use by vulnerable pupilsthe circumstances of drug usepupils’ reactions to taking drugsreasons for refusing drugsdrug dependencethe attitudes of pupils and their families to drug usethe impact of school lessons and other sources of information about drugsMost schools also completed a policy questionnaire,...
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Methodology

Data collection period

01/09/2007 - 01/12/2007

Country

England

Time dimension

Biannually since 1982, annually since 1999.
Repeated cross-sectional study

Analysis unit

National
Individuals

Universe

Secondary school pupils in England, aged 11-15 years, during 2007.

Sampling procedure

Multi-stage stratified random sample

Kind of data

Numeric

Data collection mode

Face-to-face interview
Self-completion
The policy questionnaire was delivered via face-to-face interview, but pupils were given a self-completion questionnaire.

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

2008

Terms of data access

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