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Alcohol and drug use in a Scottish cohort: 10 years on
Author(s) -
BAGNALL GELLISSE
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1991.tb01845.x
Subject(s) - cohort , demography , cohort study , longitudinal study , medicine , cohort effect , longitudinal data , pediatrics , sociology , pathology
This paper reports the findings from a survey which elicited detailed information on patterns of alcohol use amongst a cohort of young adults. It is the fourth wave of data collection in a longitudinal study which began in 1979 on a study group of 1036 15–16 year olds attending schools in the Lothian region of Scotland. The longitudinal analysis presented here suggests that for this cohort, patterns of alcohol use at age 15–16 bear little relation to those at age 24–25 years. These findings are discussed, and compared in detail with the more limited alcohol data from the larger‐scale National Child Development Study.