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Teenage drinking cultures

This report investigates the onset and development of drinking behaviours within teenage friendship groups.

Using social network data from the Belfast Youth Development Study, the study identified and sampled eight relatively stable friendship groups covering a mix of social class, gender and type of education. Report published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in February 2011. Summary of report also available.

Details
Published: 
2011
Author: 
Andrew Percy et al.
Queen’s University Belfast School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work
Publisher: 
Joseph Rowntree Foundation