NCJ Number
131982
Journal
Journal of Drug Education Volume: 21 Issue: 3 Dated: (1991) Pages: 247-254
Date Published
1991
Length
8 pages
Annotation
This article investigates alcohol drinking habits of Jewish students from Kibbutzim and urban areas as well as those of Moslem and Druze students.
Abstract
The subjects of this study were 572 students aged 14 to 18; 435 were children of Kibbutzim members, and 137 were students who were raised in the Kibbutzim and who came from urban families of low socio-economic status or from problem families. The 11-item multiple choice questionnaire was developed in the framework of a 1984 study of alcohol, cigarette, and hashish use among youth in the north of Israel. Results indicate that the involvement of alcohol among Kibbutzim-born youth is the highest, followed by youth of developing towns and a large city in the north, and lastly by outsiders living in the Kibbutzim. Reasons that may explain the high prevalence of alcohol drinking among Kibbutzim-born youth are: (1) scant control on their behavior by parents and community; (2) freely available alcohol beverages and no prohibition of supply to those under 18; and (3) lack of effective educational prevention programs in schools. 3 tables and 12 references (Author abstract modified)