Kontakt 2006, 8(2):305-315 | DOI: 10.32725/kont.2006.050

Use of illegal drugs in population of students of the University of South BohemiaHealth and Social Sciences

Pavel Vácha^*, Veronika Lavičková

Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích, Zdravotně sociální fakulta, katedra sociální práce a sociální politiky

The main target of the present research was to establish the situation in the experience, use and spectrum, including intensity and availability, concerning illegal drugs used by students at the University of South Bohemia, also with taking into account associations with the load in the course of the study. Partial target 1 was aimed at questions whether university students come with their own former experience with illegal drugs. Partial target 2 of the research was to ascertain, whether users of drugs come from sites of residence with enhanced concentration of inhabitants. The total number of respondents was obtained based on random choice from the pool of students residing at student hostels of the University of South Bohemia. The random choice was provided by addressing students in student hostels, in every other room, at a randomly chosen hostel and randomly chosen floor. Data were always accumulated on one day to prevent possible duplicity of respondents. The research was implemented by a quantitative form with the use of a technique of questionnaires on 208 respondents. The questionnaire comprised total of 26 questions. The respondents answered the questions anonymously, with differentiation depending on the age, gender, use of drug, concentration of inhabitants and size of the population at the site of residence and their own relationship to drugs, including their availability, motivation factors and determination of the situation of using drugs before and after their admission to the University. The respondents also had a possibility to present one or more answers, provided that the possibility of multiple answers was also specified with each particular question.

Keywords: student; illegal drug; use; research; site

Published: December 15, 2006  Show citation