Summary information

Study title

Substance Abuse and Perceptions of Risk : Young People's Attitudes to Personal Health, 1990

Creator

Denscombe, M., Leicester Polytechnic, Business School, Department of Public Policy and Managerial Studies

Study number / PID

2738 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-2738-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.

Survey of attitudes towards, and use of, alcohol, tobacco and other drugs by 15-16 year olds in Leicestershire with specific reference to risk-taking.
Main Topics:

Variables
Use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs by 15-16 year olds in Leicestershire. Attitudes to substance abuse.

Health behaviourYouthConsumption and consumer behaviour

Data collection period

01/01/1990

Country

England

Time dimension

Cross-sectional (one-time) study

Analysis unit

Subnational

Pupils

Young people

Universe

School pupils in 12 Leicestershire secondary schools.

Sampling procedure

Purposive selection/case studies

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Questionnaire administered at school.

Grant number

R000231874

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1991

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee.

(1993) 'Personal health and the social psychology of risk taking'
Aubrook, L. and Denscombe, M. (1992) Liquidity preference :: levels of income and consumption of alcohol amongst 15-16 year old schoolchildren [Research report], : Research Papers in Education.
Denscombe, M. (1992) The ethics of questionnaire research on pupils in schools : : it's just another piece of schoolwork [Research report], : British Educational Research Journal.