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Monday, April 27, 2009

The 2007 ESPAD Report - Substance Use Among Students in 35 European Countries


The main purpose of the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) is to collect comparable data on substance use among 15–16 year-old European students in order to monitor trends within as well as between countries. So far four data collection waves have been conducted within the ESPAD project.
The first study was held in 26 countries in 1995, while the 2007 data collection was performed in 35 countries.

This summary presents key results from the 2007 survey as well as findings regarding the long-term trends. An initial section gives a short overview of the methodology

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