2012 Nova Scotia student drug use survey : Nova Scotia student drug use survey

Public school students in both English and French schools were included in the sample; excluded In Nova Scotia, initial consent for the survey to take were private schools, schools on reserves, street-youth, place was obtained from the Department of Education, in school-leavers and students who were absent from school conjunction with the Department of Health and Wellness. [...] The cover page of the team members took part in a one-day training session, led survey provided students with information about the by the Principal Investigators of the study, which focused purpose of the survey and its anonymous, confidential and on improving familiarity with the survey, learning the voluntary nature. [...] They also recorded the number of students who were present in the classroom, the number of students The 2012 Student Drug Use Survey employed a self- registered in the class, and the number of students who reported questionnaire (see Appendix 1). [...] Of the 4,475 students enrolled in the classes selected to participate, In the present report, any smoking refers to smoking more 15.8% were absent at the time the survey took place and than one cigarette in the 12 months prior to the survey, 12.9% did not consent (student or parental) to participate and frequent smoking refers to smoking more than 10 in the survey, leaving us with a sample of 3,18 [...] Students in grade 12 (24.7%) were the most likely to report drinking in a licensed venue compared to 9.3% of students in grade 10, 6.7% in grade 9, and 2.5% in grade 7. In Nova Scotia, the legal drinking age is 19 years of age.