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Trends in Drug Use Among Rural Students in Alberta, 1971
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Public Archives of Canada, 2009, "Trends in Drug Use Among Rural Students in Alberta, 1971", https://hdl.handle.net/11272.1/AB2/UHWCPQ, Abacus Data Network, V1
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The survey was prepared by N. E. Jennings.
The data was collected through self-administered questionnaires from a stratified random sample of students attending junior and senior high schools, from grades 6 through 12.

The purpose of this study, which was to be repeated at three year intervals, was to determine the pattern and trends in drug use by rural students and to provide a data base for future evaluation of this population.
Questions dealt with the frequency of use of 12 drugs by the respondent, his perception of parental drug use, knowledge of drugs and drug sources and other demographics and socio-economic questions.

Variables include: grade; school code; age; sex; school program; parents' place of birth; language spoken by parents; length of residence in Alberta; time attending Alberta schools; family religion; household composition; parents' work shift; father's occupation, education; mother's education; overall school average; intentions on leaving school; siblings; allowance per week; siblings' use of drugs; parents' use of tobacco, alcohol; access to marijuana; knowledge of use of tranquilizers, stimulants or pep pills, barbiturates or sleeping pills, illegal drugs; parents' abuse of drugs; R's use of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, glue, solvents, barbiturates, opiates, speed, stimulants, tranquilizers, LSD, other hallucinogens; R's use of individual drugs, including when first tried, when R most likely to use, why R stopped using the drug, whether R's parents know; bad trips; illness from drinking alcohol, use of other drugs; no. times R sought help; knowledge of harmful effects; definition of grass, dime bag; influence of others; use of drugs at parties, school; leisure activities; confidence in parents, friends for help; family activity; feelings about parents; discussing drugs with family, friends, teachers; drug education in school.

The data was distributed by the Public Archives of Canada, Machine Readable Archives.

The codebook for this dataset is available through the UBC Library catalogue, with call number HV5824.Y68 T74 1971.

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Keyword Health
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