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DRINKING, SMOKING AND DRUG‐TAKING PATTERNS IN A PREDOMINANTLY LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SAMPLE COMPARISON WITH MEDICHECK SAMPLE
Author(s) -
Gibson John,
Johansen Arne,
Rawson Graeme,
Webster Ian
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1977.tb117731.x
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , sample (material) , drug , alcohol consumption , environmental health , referral , medicine , demography , geography , alcohol , psychiatry , family medicine , sociology , population , biochemistry , chemistry , chromatography
The drinking, smoking, and drug‐taking patterns of 9829 adult members of the Australian Workers Union in Sydney are compared with data collected through the Medicheck Referral Centre. Overall, the two sets of data are very similar, but the results of this survey point to the high prevalence of heavy alcohol consumption, and of regular drug‐taking in young people.