Summary information

Study title

The development of Drug Affinity by Young People (1989)

Creator

Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung (BZgA), Köln
Institut für Jugendforschung, München

Study number / PID

ZA1878, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.1878 (DOI)

Data access

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Series

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Abstract

Use of intoxicants by young people and attitude to drugs. Topics: contentment with life; type and frequency of leisure activities conducted; judgement on personal condition of health; greatest health threat; profile of characteristics of a person of same age living a healthy life-style; attitude to one´s own body and health (scale); satisfaction with personal leisure situation; person to confide in; feeling of open-mindedness and friendships (scale); frequency of consumption of selected drinks; type and extent of use of alcohol in the last few working days and last few weekends; use of alcohol alone or with others as well as place of use of alcohol; judgement on various effects of use of alcohol (scale); frequency of alcohol intoxication; time of last alcohol intoxication; age at first smoking or at start of smoking regularly; number of cigarettes smoked daily; self-assessment as heavy smoker, occasional smoker or non-smoker; times of not smoking; difficulties in breaking the habit; difficulty of not smoking in selected situations; reasons for not smoking; possible reasons for smoking from the view of a non-smoker as well as from the view of a smoker; reasons for not smoking from the view of a smoker; preferred tobacco products and brand of cigarettes; attitude to jeopardy to health from smoking; attitude of friends to quitting or to starting smoking; expected smoking behavior in five years; knowledge of selected drugs; attitude to trial of selected drugs; use of intoxicants in one´s circle of friends; number of friends who regularly use drugs or are drunk; attitude to legalization or to prohibition of intoxicants; personal use of intoxicants and time since last use; time of last use of intoxicants; probability of future use of intoxicants; frequency and type of intoxicant tried; location of first use of intoxicants and persons present; reasons for first use of intoxicants; current use of intoxicants; reasons for ending use of intoxicants; assumed reasons for...
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Keywords

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Methodology

Data collection period

11/1989 - 03/1990

Country

Germany

Time dimension

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Analysis unit

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Universe

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Sampling procedure

Multi-stage stratified random sample

Kind of data

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Data collection mode

Oral survey with standardized questionnaire

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

1990

Terms of data access

C - Data and documents are only released for academic research and teaching after the data depositor's written authorization. For this purpose the Data Archive obtains a written permission with specification of the user and the analysis intention.

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