Citation

Nyström M, Peräsalo J, Salaspuro M. Scand. J. Prim. Health Care 1993; 11(2): 151-156.

Affiliation

Finnish Student Health Service, Finland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1993, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8356367

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To obtain descriptive data on the alcohol-use patterns and the factors affecting them among Finnish first-year university students. DESIGN: Cross sectional survey with a self-administered questionnaire. SETTING: Finnish first-year university students. PARTICIPANTS: 3,836 students during the academic year 1989/90. The participation rate was 73.7% for female and 53.6% for male students. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Frequency of drinking alcohol, heavy drinking, and drinking for intoxication, average alcohol consumption. RESULTS: The mean alcohol consumption for female students was 2.6 kg and for male students 6.5 kg of pure alcohol per year. 6.5% of the female students and 5.1 of the male students were abstainers. The heaviest drinking 10% consumed 42% of all consumed alcohol. 4.9% of the female students reported a consumption of at least 10 kg of pure alcohol per year and 11.7% of male students reported a consumption of at least 15 kg. The median for the frequency of drinking was every second week for the females and once a week for the males. Furthermore, drinking for intoxication was more frequent among the male than the female students. CONCLUSION: Male students have a higher alcohol consumption, drink more frequently, and are more often intoxicated than female students.

Language: en