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Academic Achievers Less Likely to Smoke, Drink, Use Drugs
September 27, 2006
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What factors are associated with teenage drinking, smoking, and drug use? A recent study analyzed a population of over 4,000 British students to see whether academic achievement was linked to teen substance abuse.
The researchers found that, compared to peers who reported doing poorly in school, a smaller percentage of students who reported doing well in school used cigarettes (16.3 percent versus 33.8 percent), alcohol (58.6 percent versus 76.9 percent), or illegal drugs (12.2 percent versus 31.5 percent). Overall, a smaller percentage of the self-perceived academic achievers reported using at least one of these substances regularly (at least once a day for cigarettes and once a month for alcohol and illegal drugs) than the low achievers (59.8 percent versus 79.6 percent). Read this finding The Heritage Foundation's familyfacts.org catalogs social science findings on the family, society and religion gleaned from peer-reviewed journals, books and government surveys. Serving policymakers, journalists, scholars and the general public, familyfacts.org makes social science research easily accessible to the non-specialist. |
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findings on Teens and Risk Behaviors:
 Children who lived with both parents were more likely to attend religious services...(more) Religious youth tended to exhibit fewer delinquent behaviors...(more) Family Research Experts:
Pat Fagan William H. G. FitzGerald Research Fellow in Family and Cultural Issues Christine Kim Policy Analyst, Domestic Policy Studies Jennifer Marshall Director, Domestic Policy Studies For Interviews call Media Relations at (202) 675-1761 |
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Events:Religious Practice and Civic Life: What the Research Says October 4, 2007 |