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Risk Factors For Adolescent Substance Abuse And Dependence

A national sample of 4,023 adolescents aged from 12 to 17 years of age were interviewed about substance abuse, experiences with victimization, substance abuse within their family, and posttraumatic reactions to identify risk factors of substance abuse. The survey was done by speaking to adolescents over the telephone and asking them questions. Of the 4,023 people who participated, 3,161 were a national probability household sample of adolescents. The other 862 people were considered a probability oversample of adolescents from households in designated central cities. This oversample was created to diversify the number of racial and ethnic minority respondents. Each participant was classified by three dimensions: age, race and gender. Prior to each adolescent interviewed on the phone, a guardian was briefly interviewed and was asked a few questions. There was a 75% participation and completion rate for the sample.
The telephone interview was based to collect information......


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