When Russian Teenagers Start Drinking
(World News Russia)

High school students intending to pursue vocational education consume alcohol more often than their peers who are planning to go to universities. These findings come from a survey of 1,000 Russian high school students that was carried out as part of a joint research project by scholars from HSE and New York University. Authors; Viktor Lushin, New York University James Jaccard, New York University The researchers conducted a survey among Russian high school students involving 1,269 teenagers with an average age 14.9 from 16 public schools in Tomsk. Males made up 51.3% of those surveyed. Respondents were classified...