PACARDO: Data on Drug Use and Behavior in School-Aged Children and Teenagers in Panama, Central America, and the Dominican Republic, 1999-2000 (Guatemala) - 2000

Guatemala
Latin America & Caribbean

The PACARDO study, concatenated to combine Panamá (PA), Centroamérica (CA), and República Dominicana (RDO), is a multi-national collaborative epidemiological research study with the objective to record and describe self-reported drug use and behavior patterns among school-aged youths in Latin America.

Study Website

Adolescents: 2,500-4,999

Sex:

Females and Males

Age Range:

10-14
15-19
20-24

Study Design:

Observational

Type of Data:

Cross-sectional

Time Period: 1999-2000

Areas Covered: Nationally Representative

Investigators: James Anthony (Johns Hopkins University)

Funders: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Series:

Central America
Dominican Republic 1999-2000
PACARDO: Data on Drug Use and Behavior in School-Aged Children and Teenagers in Panama

Topics

Community Engagement;

Crime;

Demographic Characteristics - Urban and Rural;

Economics - Employment;

Education - Grade attainment/attendance;

Mental Health;

Physical Health - Self-reported health;

Social Networks;

Time Use;

Tobacco/Alcohol/Drug Use;

Violence - Emotional/psychological violence, Physical violence;