Use of Intoxicants by Schoolchildren in Hamburg (1975)

Social contacts, coming to the attention of the police, use of
intoxicants as well as reasons for use of alcohol and nicotine among
schoolchildren, apprentices and young workers.

Topics: The content of the study is largely identical to ZA Studies
No. 0769 and 0770: occurrence of suicide, mental deficiency, alcohol
and intoxicant addiction in family of respondent as well as with
respondent himself; relationship with school and company; favorite
subjects; characterization of family life; frequency of alcohol
intoxication; frequency and type of intoxicants used; last intoxicant
used; age at first use of intoxicants; attempts to stop using
intoxicant; use of cigarettes; attitude to use of intoxicants (scale);
use of intoxicants by reference group; relationship with parents;
school achievements and influence of intoxicants on school
achievements; reasons for use of hashish and switching to other drugs;
effects of use of intoxicants; attitude to prohibition of hashish,
marijuana; reasons for use of drugs; sources of supply for intoxicants;
personal activity as dealer; familiarity of officials and parents with
personal use of intoxicants as well as consequences of this knowledge;
coming to the attention of the police; attitude to drug advice centers;
assessment of the social system; violence as political means; type of
organization of leisure time; practice of meditation; attendance of
leisure facilities; delinquency questions; age at first use of
cigarettes, use of alcohol and first sexual intercourse; chronology of
drug career; interest in new intoxicants; monthly costs for use of
intoxicants; normal use of medications and contraceptive pill; age of
father.

In addition the following questions were posed: excessive use of
alcohol by parents and friends; junkie friends; leisure behavior;
parental supervision of going out in the evening and friendships.

Image of alcohol intoxication and hashish euphoria; reading habits and
judgement on reporting of daily newspapers about intoxicants.

Scales: health orientation, social orientation, sociability, attitudes
to parents and adults.

Demography: age; sex; school education; interest in politics; social
origins.