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NCJ Number: 165111 Find in a Library
Title: Family Structure and Initiating Non-Medical Drug Use Among Adolescents
Journal: Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse  Volume:5  Issue:3  Dated:(1996)  Pages:21-36
Author(s): T Suh; C G Schutz; C E Johanson
Date Published: 1996
Annotation: Using data from the 1991 and 1992 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, multiple logistic regression models were used to estimate the relative risk of initiating non-medical drug use by 12- to 17-year-old adolescents living in families without both biological parents present compared to those living with both biological parents.
Abstract: The analyses reported in this paper were based on the survey responses of the 15,259 participants aged 12-17 years (8,005 in 1991 and 7,254 in 1992). To minimize the impact of non-medical drug use among adolescents on family structure, respondents were excluded if they reported initiating non-medical drug use before their current age minus 1 year. With this exclusion, there remained 13,648 individuals at risk for initiating non-medical drug use in this interval (7,053 in 1991 and 6,595 in 1992). Non- medical drug use refers to non-medical use of cocaine/crack, marijuana, heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, stimulants, tranquilizers, sedatives, and/or analgesics. Multiple logistic regression models in the conditional form were used to assess the association between family structure and initiating non-medical drug use, holding constant other suspected confounding variables. To hold constant unmeasured socio-environmental confounding factors, the study used an epidemiological strategy that involved post-stratification of adolescents into neighborhood risk sets. The findings show that adolescents living in families without both parents were more likely to initiative non-medical drug use, but these associations varied by sex. These results help measure the impact of divorce/separation/death and/or remarriage of parents on adolescents and identify subgroups at higher risk for initiating non-medical drug use. 2 tables and 58 references
Main Term(s): Juvenile drug use
Index Term(s): Drug abuse causes; Drug prevention programs; Parent-Child Relations
Page Count: 16
Format: Article
Type: Report (Study/Research)
Language: English
Country: United States of America
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