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Sweden Young People's Tobacco Use, Knowledge, and Attitudes Survey 1987

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Tonåringar om tobak: Vanor, kunskaper och attityder 1987
Geography 
Sweden (SWE)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/1987 - 12/1987
Series or system 
Sweden Young People's Tobacco Use, Knowledge, and Attitudes Survey
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Individual
  • Nationally representative
Summary 

In the Young People's Tobacco Use, Knowledge, and Attitudes Survey, adolescents aged 13, 15, and 17 years are surveyed on their use and opinions of smoking and chewing tobacco, with a goal of understanding how parents influence adolescents' use or non-use of tobacco. Questionnaires were mailed to 4,500 teenagers' homes, 1,500 per age group, with a final sample of 3,033 individuals.

Keywords 
Adolescents, Tobacco smoking
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021