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TABLE 3. Lifetime prevalence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> solvent use am<strong>on</strong>g male and female<br />

students in 10 Brazilian State capitals, 1989.<br />

City<br />

Belém 19.4<br />

Belo Horiz<strong>on</strong>te 28.0<br />

Brasília 21.5<br />

Curitiba 15.7<br />

Fortaleza 16.1<br />

Porto Alegre 14.8<br />

Recife 25.4<br />

Rio de Janeiro 21.4<br />

Salvador 21.8<br />

São Paulo 26.3<br />

KEY: * p 0.05, chi-square test.<br />

SOURCE: Carlini and colleagues (1990).<br />

Percentage <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> users<br />

Male Female<br />

10.9*<br />

27.2<br />

10.5*<br />

11.2*<br />

11.9*<br />

11.3<br />

16.0*<br />

16.4*<br />

15.1*<br />

19.0*<br />

against drug abuse (Carlini-Cotrim and Carvalho 1993). Some possible<br />

explanati<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the greater prevalence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> drug use am<strong>on</strong>g employed<br />

students could be associated with factors such as financial independence,<br />

loose parental c<strong>on</strong>trol over youngsters’ time and behavior, and maybe<br />

even a reacti<strong>on</strong> to the stressful working c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s faced by most young<br />

lower income workers in Brazil. Again, the need for further research <strong>on</strong><br />

the subject becomes apparent.<br />

INHALANT ABUSE AMONG STREET CHILDREN<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Inhalant</str<strong>on</strong>g> abuse am<strong>on</strong>g Brazilian students requires attenti<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the part <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

health policymakers. Furthermore, inhalant abuse am<strong>on</strong>g Brazilian street<br />

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