Antigua and Barbuda National Survey of Substance Abuse Among Secondary School Students 2005

General Info

Provider

Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy (Antigua and Barbuda)

Tabulations only

Geography

Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)

Coverage type

Country

Time period covered

November, 2005 - November, 2005

Data type

Survey: Cross-sectional - Facility (non-health) - Individual - Nationally representative

Summary

The purpose of this survey was to determine the scope of drug use in high school students in order to develop indicators, identify trends, and inform policy.

The data were collected through self-completed questionnaires given in the classroom to students attending forms 2, 3, 4, and 6 in the 28 secondary schools in Antigua. The sample size for this survey was 2,057 students.

This survey was part of a multinational survey effort in which all countries included used a standard methodology and questionnaires. The surveys were developed and administered by the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission CICAD), a department within the Organization of American States (OSA).

Keywords

Adolescents, Alcohol use, Child labor, Family composition, Health literacy, Health promotion, Health status, Hours worked, Illicit drug use, Marital status, Pharmacies, Religion, Tobacco smoking, Unemployment

Citation

Contributors

Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), Organization of American States

National Drug Council (Antigua and Barbuda)

Suggested citation

Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), Organization of American States, National Drug Council (Antigua and Barbuda). Antigua and Barbuda National Survey of Substance Abuse Among Secondary School Students 2005.