Social capital and substance use among Swedish adolescents--an explorative study

Petter Lundborg

Social Science & Medicine, 2005, vol. 61, issue 6, 1151-1158

Abstract: Cross-sectional survey data on Swedish adolescents aged 12-18 was used to estimate the link between individual social capital and smoking, illicit drug use and binge drinking. Major conclusions drawn were (1) that social capital, indicated by measures of social participation and trust, was negatively correlated with the probability of smoking and illicit drug use, but (2) that social capital showed no statistically significant correlation with the probability of binge drinking.

Keywords: Social; capital; Smoking; Alcohol; Illicit; drugs; Adolescents; Sweden (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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