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Sweden Survey on Drug Use 2008-2009

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Undersökning om narkotikaanvändning
Geography 
Sweden (SWE)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
11/2008 - 02/2009
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Nationally representative
Summary 

This survey was a sub-study of the Prevalence Project, the collective name for several studies undertaken to determine prevalence of drug use in Sweden. This sub-study was a large-scale postal survey of a stratified sample of 58,000 individuals randomly selected from all registered inhabitants of Sweden. There were 22,095 respondents (response rate of 38.3%, or 52.1% weighted). Individuals surveyed were ages 15-64. Survey response data were also linked to registry data to obtain information on education, income, marital status, and other variables.

Keywords 
Alcohol use, Disability, Education, Employment, Health care use, Health status, Housing, Illicit drug use, Income, Injuries, International migration, Marital status, Occupations, Tobacco smoking
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021