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J Epidemiol Community Health 2009;63:83 doi:10.1136/jech.2009.096735e
  • Friday 11 September, Parallel session D
  • Substance use

Early adolescent substance use and parental socio economic position earlier in life: birth cohort analyses

  1. R. Melotti1,
  2. J. Heron2,
  3. M. Hickman3,
  4. J. Macleod3,
  5. R. Araya1,
  6. G. Lewis1
  1. 1
    Unit of Psychiatry, Community Based Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
  2. 2
    ALSPAC, Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
  3. 3
    Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

      Objective

      To examine the association between different indicators of parental socio-economic position (SEP) and a range of substance use in their adolescent offspring.

      Design

      Longitudinal observational study.

      Setting

      Population based birth-cohort from the early 90s in the Avon region (ALSPAC, UK).

      Participants

      The sample consists of 5837 children (2877 boys and 2960 girls), who attended a face-to-face interview when they were aged 13 (80.5%) or 14.

      Measures

      Alcohol consumption without parental permission, recent consumption of a whole drink, binge drinking (3+ drinks/24 …

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