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TABLE 3. Age appeared to consultation <strong>of</strong>fice.
Age Number <strong>of</strong> clients %
Under 10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Over 18
— —
1 1.6
4 6.3
16 25.0
30 46.9
10 15.6
2 3.1
1 1.6
— —
Total 64 100.1
SOURCE: Suwaki et al. (1982).
people live closely related to each other, it is quite difficult to contact
persons and conduct followup research.
Table 5 shows the clients’ occupational status at the time <strong>of</strong> the followup
interview. Twenty-six subjects were employed, five were jobless, four
were attending school, five were housewives, and two were in a
reformatory or in a prison. As to substance abuse during the year
preceding the followup interview, six subjects admitted solvent
inhalation. All were male, and five were in their late teens. The
frequency <strong>of</strong> inhalation was daily in one case, several times a month in
three cases, and indefinite in two cases. Methamphetamine abuse was
observed in three cases, but there were no problems recorded with
narcotics, hypnotics, or marijuana. Table 6 shows the overall social
adjustment, which was evaluated at three grades: (1) good, where no
problems were observed in any social area; (2) relatively poor, where
unstable factors such as absence from <strong>of</strong>fice or school or frequent
occupational changes were observed; and (3) poor, where there was poor
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