Early Adolescents and Substance Use

Table 1

Characteristics of interviewed subjects.

		Males (594)	Females (706)	Males %	Females %	𝑃
Age (years)	13	97	110	16.3	15.6	0.48
	14	280	325	47.1	46.0
	15	172	200	29.0	28.3
	16	45	71	7.6	10.1
Nationality	Italian	530	654	89.2	92.6	0.03
	Other	64	52	10.8	7.4
Lives with	Both natural parents	501	556	84.3	78.8	0.04
	Only one parent	78	127	13.1	18.0
	Stepfamily	15	22	2.5	3.1
Do parents work?	Only one	110	127	18.5	18.0	0.81
	Both	484	579	81.5	82.0
Monthly allowance	≤50 euros	266	300	44.8	42.5	0.68
	>50 euros	46	54	7.7	7.7
	No allowance	282	352	49.9	47.5