Test characteristics of shorter versions of the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) for brief screening for problematic substance use in a population sample from Israel

Table 1 Sample descriptives (N = 2,474)

	n	Percent (%)
Gender
Men	1,233	49.8
Women	1,218	49.2
Other	23	0.9
Age
18–25	452	18.3
26–34	590	23.8
35–49	709	28.7
50–70	723	29.2
Educational attainment
High school, non-matriculation	194	7.8
High school, matriculation	499	20.2
Post-high school, technological	530	21.4
Post-high school, academic	1,251	50.6
Marital status
Married	1,419	57.4
Not married	1,055	42.6
Employment status
Any job	1,785	72.2
No job	689	27.8
Religiosity
Secular	1,287	52.0
Traditional	766	31.0
National Religious	349	14.1
Ultra-Orthodox	72	2.9
Residency
Jerusalem Area	276	11.2
Tel Aviv and Central area	1,012	40.9
North	643	26.0
South	543	21.9
Ethnicity
Middle Eastern/North African	970	39.2
European, not Former Soviet Union	798	32.3
Former Soviet Union	237	9.6
Mixed	407	16.5
Other	62	2.5
Past three months substance use
Tobacco	868	35.1
Alcohol	1,881	76.0
Cannabis	356	14.4
Sedatives	113	4.6
Prescription stimulants	124	5.0
Prescription painkillers	83	3.4
Other drugs^a	58	2.3
ASSIST 3.1 Problematic use^b
Tobacco	914	36.9
Alcohol	325	13.1
Cannabis	269	10.9
Cannabis, problematic use defined as 8+	168	6.8
Sedatives	96	3.9
Prescription stimulants	94	3.8
Prescription painkillers	65	2.6
Other drugs^a	50	2.3
Any drug	354	14.3
Any drug or alcohol	571	23.1

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