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Experiment to Enhance the Reporting of Drug Use by Arrestees in Cleveland, Detroit, and Houston, 1997

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Principal Investigator(s): Wish, Eric D.,; Gray, Thomas; Sushinsky, Jonathan

Summary: This project involved an experiment conducted in three Drug Use Forecasting (DUF) [DRUG USE FORECASTING IN 24 CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, 1987-1997 (ICPSR 9477)] program sites to determine whether using a more detailed informed consent procedure and/or altering the sequence of the interview and urine specimen collection could enhance the validity of arrestees' self-reports of drug use without adversely affecting study response rates. A 2x2 factorial design was used to assess the eff... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02890.v1

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