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TABLE 4. Age <strong>of</strong> initial inhalation.
Age Number <strong>of</strong> clients %
Under 10 — —
11 2 3.1
12 9 14.1
13 27 42.2
14 22 34.4
15 3 4.7
Over 16 — —
Unknown 1 1.6
Total 64 100.1
SOURCE: Suwaki et al. (1982).
adjustment to work or school (such as no job, criminal acts, admission to
an institution, abuse <strong>of</strong> organic solvent or other drugs). Twenty-nine
were in good social adjustment, 2 were in relatively poor adjustment, and
11 were in poor conditions.
Forty-two cases were divided into two groups: a group <strong>of</strong> 29 good cases,
and a group <strong>of</strong> 13 poor or unstable cases (table 7). Between the two
groups, factors concerning family backgrounds and present living
conditions that might have a relationship to the prognosis <strong>of</strong> a client were
examined using a chi-square test. A significant difference was observed
concerning the influence <strong>of</strong> marital and economic status. Subjects who
had a spouse presently living with him or her and who had good
economic conditions had a favorable prognosis, but alcoholism and
gambling by the father and the mother’s holding <strong>of</strong> a job at a bar or
similar establishment significantly indicated unfavorable prognosis.
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