Is parental socio-economic status related to the initiation of substance abuse by young people in an English city? An event history analysis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1053-1061

  Sutherland, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cohort study; Event history modelling; Socio economic status (SES); Substance use; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DRUG USER; FUTURE PROSPECT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENTS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84857920957     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.12.026     Document Type: Article

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