"Me, My Classmates and My Buddies": Analysing Peer Group Effects on Student Marijuana Consumption

Autor/inn/en	Duarte, Rosa; Escario, Jose-Julian; Molina, Jose-Alberto
Titel	"Me, My Classmates and My Buddies": Analysing Peer Group Effects on Student Marijuana Consumption
Quelle	In: Education Economics, 19 (2011) 1, S.89-105 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0964-5292
Schlagwörter	Marijuana; Drug Abuse; Peer Groups; Peer Influence; Student Behavior; Hypothesis Testing; Foreign Countries; Adolescents; Parent Influence; Mothers; Fathers; Smoking; Family Income; Environmental Influences; Employment Level; Educational Attainment; Gender Differences; Institutional Characteristics; Family Environment; Family Influence; Questionnaires; Secondary School Students; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gleichaltrigengruppe; Peer Group; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Ausland; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Mother; Mutter; Rauchen; Familieneinkommen; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Beschäftigungsgrad; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Geschlechterkonflikt; Familienmilieu; Fragebogen; Sekundarschüler; Spanien
Abstract	The aim of this paper is to explore the influence of peer behaviour on student marijuana consumption. Our hypothesis is that, in contrast to the traditional measures of peer group effects carried out at class or school level, the use of a closer peer group, which we relate to the group of friends, is more relevant in the explanation of marijuana consumption. On the basis of the data provided by the 2004 Spanish Survey on Drug Use in the School Population, we estimate a probit model in which two alternative peer variables are introduced. The results show that, once the effect of the closer peer group is controlled for, the effect of classmates' behaviour on the student is insignificant. Moreover, the closer peer group effects are asymmetric in their magnitude. (Contains 5 notes and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10