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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Subst Use Misuse. 2010 Apr 16;45(14):2481–2502. doi: 10.3109/10826081003692106

Table 1.

Characteristics of general population surveys, from GENACIS

Country Survey
year
Age
range
Women n Men n Sampling
frame
Survey
mode
Argentina 2003 18–65 598 402 Regional Face-to-face
Brazil 2001/2002 18+/17+ 331/365 194/368 Regional Face-to-face
Canada 2004 18–76 8054 6009 National Telephone
Costa Rica 2003 18+ 857 416 Regional Face-to-face
Czech 2002 18–64 1282 1244 National Face-to-face
   Republic
Denmark 2003 15–99 1133 897 National Telephone
Finland 2000 16–70 987 945 National Face-to-face
Germany 2000 18–60 4459 3688 National Postal
Great 2000 18+ 1038 963 National Face-to-face
   Britain
Hungary 2001 19–65 1198 1094 National Face-to-face
Iceland 2001 18–75 1271 1168 National Postal/phone
Kazakhstan 2002 18+ 631 539 Regional Face-to-face
Nigeria 2003 18+ 956 1114 Regional Face-to-face
Norway 1999 15+ 1136 1034 National Face-to-face
Spain 2002 18+ 956 894 Regional Face-to-face
Sweden 2002 17+ 2816 2656 National Telephone
Uganda 2003 18+ 758 721 Regional Face-to-face
United 1996 18+ 2701 2219 National Telephone
   States
Uruguay 2004 18–65 624 376 National Face-to-face