Alcohol use and social interactions among adolescents in Sweden: Do peer effects exist within and/or between the majority population and immigrants?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1858-1864

  Svensson, Mikael ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol use; Immigrants; Peer effects; Schools; Social interaction; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ALCOHOL; DRINKING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT; HETEROGENEITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ALCOHOL DRINKING; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 77952541980     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.01.046     Document Type: Article

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