Date of Publication:
03-03-2005
Author (primary and other collaborators):
Petter Lundborg
Author of the Module:
Keywords:
adolescence
alcohol
drug
social
smoking
Country: Region or Zone: Lund Geographical Context of the Research: International
Scientific Area of Research
Sociology
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.
Lundborg, Petter. "Social Capital and Substance Use among Swedish Adolescents - An Explorative Study." In Social Science & Medicine. 61 (2005), 1151-1158.