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Table 3 SILNE 2013 survey: topic, concepts, and instruments

From: Smoking in school-aged adolescents: design of a social network survey in six European countries

Topic

Concepts

Instrument question number

Adolescent questionnaire

Social ties

Cooperative relationships

 

 Classmates whom respondent prefers to work with or ask for advice, for example on homework or on an assignment [49,50]

B

Friendship relationships

 

 Your best friends in two grades [50]

C

Demographics

Immigration status [51,52]

 

 Birth country

Q3

 Birth country of parents

Q34, Q35

 Years living in host country

Q4

 Language spoken at home

Q43

Lifestyle and health

Self-reported health [53]

Q5

Long-term illness [53]

Q6

 

Physical activity [54]

Q7

 

Consumption of alcohol [54]

Q9

Use of cannabis [54]

Q12

Smoking

Smoking status [54]

 

 Ever tried smoking

Q13, Q15, Q16

 Regular smoking

 

 Daily smoker

 

Smoking dependence index

 

 Fagerström Tolerance Questionnaire [55]

Q19, Q20, Q21, Q22

Onset of smoking [54]

Q14

Where and when adolescents smoke [56,57]

Q23

Access to cigarettes [54]

Q25

Injunctive social norms

 

 Perception of parents’ and friends’ approval and disapproval of smoking/the intention to smoke [58-60]

Q26, Q27, Q32, Q33

Smoking

Peers’ smoking

 

by peers and parents

 Number of close friends who smoke [61]

Q33

 

Parents’ smoking

 
 

Members of the household who smoke [61]

Q51

Smoking rules and perceptions

  

Smoking rules at home [54]

Q52

Enforcement of tobacco control policies at school [62]

Q61

Perception of smoking behaviour at school: adolescents and teachers [63]

Q58, Q59, Q60

Household

Structure of the family

 

 Members of primary adolescent’s household [52]

Q42

Socio-economic status

Parents’ occupational level [52]

Q38, Q40

Parents’ educational level [52]

Q36, Q37

Family Affluence Assessment scale [64]

Q44, Q45, Q46, Q47

Subjective socio-economic status of household

 

 Adapted Mc Arthur Scale – SES ladder – Youth version [46]

Q49

Adolescent’s weekly disposable income [54]

Q50

School context

Academic performance [54]

Q54

School Engagement Assessment [65]

Q55

School Burnout Inventory [66]

Q56

School connectedness/school climate [54]

Q57

Perception of risk of behaviour

Perception that smoking cigarettes is harmful to your health [67]

Q62

Health expectations [68]

Q64

School questionnaire

 

School size

Number of students, teachers, and classes [54]

SW1

Physical school environment

Facilities in the school and in school neighbourhood [52]

SW5, SQ1, SQ2

Neighbourhood characteristics of schools [52]

SW6

Perception of social climate at school [52]

SW7

School smoking policies

Adoption of policy prohibiting cigarette smoking: when, where, and for whom [54]

SQ5, SQ6, SQ7, SQ8,

Consequences for breaches of smoking rules by adolescents [69]

SQ15

Information on smoking rules at school [69]

SQ13, SQ16, SQ17, SQ18

Health promotion and prevention programmes

Health promotion activities by schools [69]

SQ19, SQ20, S21

Tobacco use prevention training for school staff [69]

SQ25