Use of Intoxicants by Schoolchildren in Hamburg (1975)

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.