ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN'> <html><head><title>Title Page</title><meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'><style type='text/css'>h1 { margin:0px 0px 0px 0px; padding:0px; font-size:large; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align:center; color:#000; }h2 { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; }h2.myclass { font-size:medium; font-weight:900; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:10px 0px -2px 0px; padding:0px; color:#000; text-align:center;}h3 { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; }h3.myclass { font-size:13px; font-weight:700; font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; margin:0px 0px -1px 0px; padding:0px; color:#07a; text-align:center;}h4 { font-size:x-large; font-family:garamond, serif; color:#09f; text-align:center; margin:0px 0px 5px 0px; padding:0px;}h5 { font-size:13px; font-family:verdana, arial,sans-serif; font-weight:600; margin:0px 0px 5px 50px; padding:0px;}i.myclass{color:#07a;}</style></head><body> <H1> Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People, 2008 </H1> <H3 class='myclass'> UKDA study number:6287</h3> <H2 class='myclass'>Principal Investigators </H2> <H3 class='myclass'> National Centre for Social Research<br>National Foundation for Educational Research<br> </H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Sponsor</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>Information Centre for Health and Social Care<br></H3> <H2 class='myclass'>Distributed by</H2> <H3 class='myclass'>UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.</H3> <H3 class='myclass'> September 2009 </H3> <div style='page-break-before:always'></div> <H1>&nbsp;</H1><H1>Bibliographic Citation</H1> <H5> All works which use or refer to these materials should acknowledge these sources by means of bibliographic citation. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for bibliographic indexes, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: </h5> <H5> National Centre for Social Research and National Foundation for Educational Research, <i> Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People, 2008</i> [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], September 2009. SN: 6287, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-6287-1. </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1 >Acknowledgement</h1> <h5> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials, should acknowledge the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive, and to acknowledge Crown Copyright where appropriate. <br> Any publication, whether printed, electronic or broadcast, based wholly or in part on these materials should carry a statement that the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections (if different) and the UK Data Archive bear no responsibility for their further analysis or interpretation. </h5><H5>&nbsp;</H5> <h5><b>Copyright: </b><br> Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland </h5><H1>&nbsp;</H1> <H1>Disclaimer</H1> <h5> Although all efforts are made to ensure the quality of the materials, neither the original data creators, depositors or copyright holders, the funders of the Data Collections, nor the UK Data Archive bear any responsibility for the accuracy or comprehensiveness of these materials.<br> </h5><h5>&nbsp;</h5><h5>All rights reserved. No part of these materials may be reproduced, stored in, or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the UK Data Archive.<br><br>UK Data Archive<br> University of Essex<br> Wivenhoe Park<br> Colchester<br> Essex C04 3SQ<br> United Kingdom<br>www.data-archive.ac.uk <br><br> </h5> <h2 style='page-break-before:always'> 6287 . Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People, 2008<br> (Smoking among Secondary Schoolchildren; Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young Teenagers) </h2><h3>&nbsp;</h3> <h3>Depositor:</h3> <h5>National Centre for Social Research</h5> <h3>Principal Investigators:</h3> <h5>National Centre for Social Research</h5> <h5>National Foundation for Educational Research</h5> <H3>Sponsor:</H3><H5> Information Centre for Health and Social Care<br> </H5> <h3> Abstract: </h3> <h5>The <i>Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People</i> survey series began in 1982, under the name <i>Smoking among Secondary Schoolchildren</i>. The series initially aimed to provide national estimates of the proportion of secondary schoolchildren aged 11-15 who smoked, and to describe their smoking behaviour. Similar surveys were carried out every two years until 1998 to monitor trends in the prevalence of cigarette smoking. The survey then moved to an annual cycle, and questions on alcohol consumption and drug use were included. The name of the series was accordingly changed to <i>Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young Teenagers</i> to reflect this widened focus. Since 1998, surveys have been carried out annually, with a core section of questions included on smoking status and number of cigarettes smoked in the last week; drinking status and amount of alcohol drunk in the last week; and awareness and use of drugs. For the 2000 survey, the series title again changed, to <i>Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People</i>. The Department of Health commissioned the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) and the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) to conduct the 2000 survey in England, and an equivalent survey was also conducted in Scotland. From 2005, the Information Centre for Health and Social Care (a newly-formed government special health authority) took over from the Department of Health as sponsors of the survey series. <br> <br> In alternate survey years, beyond the core questions, the remainder of the questionnaire focuses on either smoking and drinking or on drug taking. The 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009 surveys focused mainly on drugs, and the 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010 surveys focused mainly on smoking and drinking. It should be noted that the UK Data Archive holds the survey only from 1988 onwards.<br> <br> In some years, the surveys have been carried out in Scotland and Wales, as well as England, to provide separate national estimates for these countries. In 2002, following a review of Scotland's future information needs in relation to drug misuse among schoolchildren, a separate Scottish series, the <i>Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey</i> (SALSUS - held at the Archive under SN 33354) was established by the Scottish Executive to replace the <i>Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use among Young People</i> series there, and to provide information in support of Scotland's new drugs strategy.<br></h5><h3>Main Topics:</h3><h5>As well as the core questions on smoking, drinking and drug use, the 2008 questionnaire collected more extensive information about smoking and drinking alcohol. This included:<ul><li>where pupils get cigarettes and alcohol</li><li>dependence on smoking</li><li>beliefs about smoking</li><li>where and with whom pupils drink</li><li>experience of drunkenness</li><li>the attitudes of pupils and their families to smoking and drinking alcohol</li><li>the impact of school lessons and other sources of information about smoking and drinking alcohol</li></ul>Most schools also completed a policy questionnaire, which covered guidelines on adult (staff and visitors) smoking on school premises, disciplinary action for pupils found smoking, drinking or taking drugs on school premises, and policy for dealing with pupils not caught in the act of taking, but clearly under the influence of, drugs or alcohol at school.</h5> <h3>Coverage: </h3><h5> <br><i class='myclass'>Dates of Fieldwork: </i> September 2008 - December 2008 <br><i class='myclass'>Country: </i> England <br><i class='myclass'>Spatial Units: </i> No spatial unit <br><i class='myclass'>Observation Units: </i> Individuals <br><i class='myclass'>Kind of Data: </i> Numeric data; Individual (micro) level </h5> <h3>Universe Sampled: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Location of Units of Observation:</i> National <br><i class='myclass'>Population:</i> Secondary school pupils in England, aged 11-15 years, during 2008. </h5> <h3>Methodology: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Time Dimensions: </i> Repeated cross-sectional study<br> Biannually since 1982, annually since 1999. <br><i class='myclass'>Sampling Procedures: </i> Multi-stage stratified random sample <br><i class='myclass'>Number of Units:</i> 7,798 pupils and 253 schools <br><i class='myclass'>Method of Data Collection: </i> Face-to-face interview; Self-completion; The policy questionnaire was delivered via face-to-face interview, but pupils were given a self-completion questionnaire. <br><i class='myclass'>Data Sources: </i> The NFER database of schools, which contained information supplied by the Department for Education and Skills, was used. <br><i class='myclass'>Weighting: </i> No weighting used. </h5><h3>Language(s) of Written Materials: </h3> <h5>Study Description: English<br>Study Documentation: English<br></h5> <h3>Access: </h3><h5> <i class='myclass'>Access Conditions: </i> The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See <a href='http://www.esds.ac.uk/orderingdata/termsandConditions.asp'>terms and conditions</a> for further information. <br><i class='myclass'>Availability: </i> ESDS Access and Preservation, UK Data Archive <br><i class='myclass'>Contact: </i></b> Help desk: help@esds.ac.uk<br> </h5> <h3>Date of First Release:</h3><h5> 21 September 2009<br></h5> <h3> Copyright: </h3> <h5>Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland</h5> <br><br> <h3> File last updated: </h3> <h5>31 October 2011</h5> </body></html>