title: Social capital and substance use among Swedish adolescents--an explorative study.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Lund University Centre for Health Economics, P.O. Box 705, SE-220 07 Lund, Sweden. petter.lundborg@luche.lu.se
authors.forename: Petter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lundborg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012944:Social Support; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology