Risk Factors for Drug Addiction (the Case of Mordovia Republic)

Occupation: Leading Research Fellow, Institute for Applied Political Studies
Affiliation: National Research University “Higher School of Economics”
Address: Moscow, Russia

Peter A. Korotkov

Occupation: Associate Professor, Department of Transport and Technological Machines
Affiliation: Volga State University of Technology
Address: Yoshkar-Ola, Russia

Irina M. Fadeeva

Occupation: Department Head, Center for analyze and foresight of Science and Technology development Industrial Policy
Affiliation: Russian Research Institute of Economics, Politics and Law in Science and Technology
Address: Moscow, Russia

Journal name

Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya

Edition

Issue 11

Pages

149-153

Abstract

The aim of the study is to construct a typology of the population of the Republic of Mordovia according to the indicators that determine the risks of drug addiction (perception of proximity to drug users and perception of drug availability). The first stage is using cluster analysis. The second aspect of the goal is to identify socio-demographic factors that affect belonging to the types found (regression analysis). The results of the analysis revealed three groups of the population of the Republic of Mordovia aged from 14 to 60 years: a "low-risk" cluster, an "intermediate" cluster, and a "high-risk" cluster. At the second stage, the socio-demographic characteristics of the groups are found out. Men are more likely to include into the cluster oflow-risk and high-risk drug use. Getting into a low-risk cluster is more influenced by living in rural areas.

Keywords

drug addiction, social, perceived available

Acknowledgment

This article results from a research project implemented as part of the Basic Research Program at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University) and the research project «Monitoring of the drug situation in the Republic of Mordovia» at the Scientific Centre of Social and Economic Monitoring. We thank V.N. Motkin (Ph.D. in Sociology, Scientific Center for Social and Economic Monitoring, Saransk, Russia) for organization and participation in the collection and primary processing of the empirical database of the study.

Received

14.12.2022

Publication date

20.12.2022

Number of characters

11707

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GOST	Belova Y., Korotkov P., Fadeeva I. Risk Factors for Drug Addiction (the Case of Mordovia Republic) // Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya – 2022. – Issue 11 C. 149-153 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/socis/s013216250023037-3-1-en (circulation date: 26.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013216250023037-3
MLA	Belova, Yulia, Korotkov, Peter A., Fadeeva, Irina M. "Risk Factors for Drug Addiction (the Case of Mordovia Republic)." Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya 11 (2022):149-153. DOI: 10.31857/S013216250023037-3
APA	Belova Y., Korotkov P., Fadeeva I. (2022). Risk Factors for Drug Addiction (the Case of Mordovia Republic). Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya (11), pp.149-153 DOI: 10.31857/S013216250023037-3

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