Experience with Drugs by Schoolchildren

Topics: Detailed information on the type and frequency of all drugs ever used; first use of drugs and manner of administration; situation and feeling at first use; discontinuing use of individual drugs; plans to restrict and give up current use of drugs; attitude to drugs (scale); assessment of possible lesser use given legalization of drugs; judgement on the health injuries and effects of use of drugs on personal development; general surroundings at use of drugs; assessment of the motivation background of non-users, those who discontinue and users of drugs; coming to the attention of the police and contacts with institutions such as drug help and judiciary; leisure activities; relationship with classmates and chances with boys or girls; number of friends and steady relationship; number of friends and acquaintances with drug experience; reference groups; relation or conflicts between parents and respondent (scale); marital status of parents and employment of mother; housing situation; types of school attended in the past and grades repeated; achievements in school; attitude to school, subject matter and student council; work satisfaction (scale); scales to record political attitudes and moral orientation on life and in general; size of city of school and place of residence.

Demography: age; sex; family composition; religiousness; school education; vocational training; social origins; city size; social surroundings. Also encoded were: school type; form of school; school supporter; coeducational class; teaching by topics and differentiated upper level.