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Neighbourhood characteristics and use of benzodiazepines in The Netherlands

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  • Groenewegen, Peter P.
  • Leufkens, Hubert G.
  • Spreeuwenberg, Peter
  • Worm, Wilmar

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This paper analyses the relationship between individual and neighbourhood characteristics and the use of benzodiazepines within a Dutch city. It is hypothesized that the proportion of users is lower in more socially integrated and less deprived neighbourhoods. Hypotheses have been tested by using multi-level analysis to distinguish between composition and context effects. Age and gender have a clear relation to the use of benzodiazepines and neighbourhood differences in the proportion of users are partly the effect of population composition by age and gender. The proportion of users is higher in neighbourhoods with a higher percentage of one-parent families, with a lower percentage of social rented housing and with a larger number of rooms per person. The strength of the relation between age and use is influenced by neighbourhood characteristics. Neighbourhood variation in the amount used only depends on population composition.

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  • Groenewegen, Peter P. & Leufkens, Hubert G. & Spreeuwenberg, Peter & Worm, Wilmar, 1999. "Neighbourhood characteristics and use of benzodiazepines in The Netherlands," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 48(12), pages 1701-1711, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:48:y:1999:i:12:p:1701-1711
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    1. Hartz, Ingeborg & Tverdal, Aage & Skille, Eivind & Skurtveit, Svetlana, 2010. "Disability pension as predictor of later use of benzodiazepines among benzodiazepine users," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 70(6), pages 921-925, March.

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