The phrase "ascribed this" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used when attributing a quality, characteristic, or action to someone or something.
Example: "The researchers ascribed this phenomenon to the changes in climate patterns observed over the last decade."
Alternatives: "attributed this" or "assigned this".
Mr. Lehane ascribed this change to rising gun violence across the nation.
Pact ascribed this to recent sanctions on advertising on cable and satellite channels.
Dr. Greider said she ascribed this to a "founder effect," the founder being Joseph Gall of Yale University.
Orthodox economists have ascribed this simply to the fact that people have less appetite for risk than expected.
Military officials ascribed this to the fact that women reporting the assaults supplied too little information on which investigators could act.
General Zinni ascribed this hesitation to the overriding question of casualties -- which, he asserted, Americans will tolerate if given a good reason.
She ascribed this to the style of building prevalent in the area: gated low-rise complexes, with spacious grounds that require a lot of attention.
Many commentators have ascribed this to the political effects of the recession: faced with popular distrust, rising populism and acute political strife, those governments sought to entrench themselves in ways which Brussels judged illiberal or undemocratic.
Homes on the eastern side of the neighborhood tend to be more expensive; both Mr. Leon and Mr. Langer ascribed this to the fact that many of them are newer.
Mr. Mendoça ascribed this to the fact that wealthier buyers rely less on mortgages, and tighter lending restrictions after the financial crisis have made it harder for the less affluent to obtain financing.
Some newspaper reports have ascribed this to the legalisation of the drug in some US states, but local producers say it has more to do with years of falling prices and greater vigilance by the army, which complicates the transport of large shipments.
