Alcohol, Cigarette, and Marijuana Use among Fourth-Grade Urban Schoolchildren in 1988/89 and 1990/91.

Bush, Patricia J.; Iannotti, Ronald J.

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Publication Date: 1993

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Alcohol, Cigarette, and Marijuana Use among Fourth-Grade Urban Schoolchildren in 1988/89 and 1990/91.

Bush, Patricia J.; Iannotti, Ronald J.

American Journal of Public Health, v83 n1 p111-14 Jan 1993

Studies alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use by fourth graders in Washington, DC (n=4,675 in 1988-89 and n=4,678 in 1990-91). Lifetime prevalence of self-reported alcohol use, alcohol use without parental knowledge, and smoking more than a puff of a cigarette declined, although marijuana use and cigarette experimentation did not decline. (SLD)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Drinking, Elementary School Students, Environmental Influences, Family Influence, Grade 4, Incidence, Intermediate Grades, Marijuana, Peer Influence, Preadolescents, Public Schools, Sex Differences, Smoking, Substance Abuse, Urban Youth

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Language: English

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