Peer effects in uk adolescent substance use:Never mind the classmates?

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Mcvicar, D. and Polanski, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9146-6364 (2014) Peer effects in uk adolescent substance use:Never mind the classmates? Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 76 (4). 589–604. ISSN 0305-9049

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Abstract

This article estimates peer influences on the alcohol, tobacco and cannabis use of UK adolescents. We present evidence of large, positive and statistically significant peer effects in all three behaviours when classmates are taken as the reference group. We also find large, positive and statistically significant associations between own substance use and friends' substance use. When both reference groups are considered simultaneously, the influence of classmates either disappears or is much reduced, whereas the association between own and friends' behaviours does not change. The suggestion is that classmate behaviour is primarily relevant only inasmuch as it proxies for friends' behaviour.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Economic Theory Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Applied Econometrics And Finance
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Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	15 Nov 2013 14:20
Last Modified:	29 Jan 2023 06:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/44416
DOI:	10.1111/obes.12030

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