Characteristics and social representation of ecstasy in Europe - Irefrea

RELATIONSHIP WITH PARENTS ACCORDING TO DIFFERENTCONSUMER GROUPS REFFERED TO GLOBAL SAMPLE (N=1.627).Very bad Bad Neither good nor bad Good Very goodNon consumer 00,9 2,3 18,5 44,4 33,9Occasional C. 01,9 3,1 32,3 43,6 19,1Regular C. 01,3 8,4 38,1 35,5 16,8Compulsive C. 22,0 8,0 18,0 32,0 20,0Ex consumer 01,2 5,0 25,0 44,2 24,6As we have seen in the preceding Table, the relationship of the individuals in thesample with their parents is, in general, good in all the countries. But in spite of thistrend there are significant (p. ,001) differences according the type of use in theirrelationship with their families. These differences are clearly observed if we lookspecially to the categories “bad” or “very bad”.In this way, the control group, the non-ecstasy users, is the one that shows the lowestpercentage of individuals who have “very bad” (0.9%) or bad (2.3%) relationships withtheir parents and the one which shows the highest percentages in the “good” (44.4%)and “very good” relationships (33.9%) categories.As for ecstasy users, the ex-users group is the one that shows the best relationshipswith their parents with 68,8% declaring that they have a good or very good relationship.But the greater the frequency of use the more these differences are accentuated, thehabitual users being those who have a greater percentage of individuals with “bad”relationships (8.4%) and the compulsive users those who show the bigger percentage of“very bad” relationships (22%).RELIGION BELIEVER (% on global sample)COIMBRA MODENA NICE PALMA UTRECHTGlob C NC Glob C NC Glob C NC Glob C NC Glob C NCYes 57,6 42,5 72,8 59,5 54,2 64,3 42,4 36,6 46,7 46,1 37,5 55,2 21,2 17,3 25,1Glob: Global sample C: Consumer NC: Non ConsumerThis variable was included in the questionnaire because in several epidemiologicalstudies, religion has a correlation with low use of drugs. Religion is a sort of protectivefactor against consumption, as is the case also in this study. The most religious sampleare people from Modena (59,5%), followed closely by Coimbra (57,6%) and not soclosely by Palma de Mallorca (46%). The less religious individuals are the French(39,3%) and Dutch (21,2%).With regard to the religious differences between consumers and non-consumers,they are quite obvious. Consumers are, in a significant way, less religion believers thannon-consumers.57