title: Alcohol and psychoactive drug use among Israeli adolescents: an epidemiological and demographic investigation.
abstract: One thousand nine hundred Israeli adolescents--51.8% males and 48.2% females--aged 15 to 18, were questioned twice about their current and "ever" substance use. The first study was undertaken during September-October 1982 and the second about a year later. The findings clearly indicated a slight rise in the incidence and a moderate growth of the prevalence of substance use among Israeli adolescents. The relationships between substance use and several background sociodemographic variables that were studied are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D010379:Peer Group; D012907:Smoking; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*