Background
Gender
Study year
Parental socioeconomic status
Accommodation during study semesters
Intimate relationship
Main goals of this study
Methods
Sample and procedure
Informed consent and ethical permission
Measures
Frequency of alcohol consumption
Males (%) | Females (%) | Total (%) | |
---|---|---|---|
Frequency of alcohol consumption | |||
Never | 10.2 | 20.3 | 16.6 |
Once a week or less | 29.3 | 49.7 | 42.3 |
Once a week | 26.0 | 20.3 | 22.3 |
A few times each week | 28.7 | 9.2 | 16.3 |
Every day | 5.1 | 0.2 | 1.9 |
A few times each day | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
Heavy episodic drinking
| |||
Never | 23.0 | 47.9 | 38.8 |
Once | 16.1 | 17.6 | 17.0 |
Twice | 16.4 | 16.1 | 16.3 |
3-5 times | 22.4 | 14.0 | 17.0 |
6-9 times | 11.9 | 3.4 | 6.5 |
10 or more | 10.1 | 1.0 | 4.4 |
Alcohol drunkenness
| |||
Never | 34.8 | 59.8 | 50.8 |
1-2 times | 42.3 | 32.8 | 36.5 |
3-4 times | 14.0 | 5.7 | 8.7 |
5 or more times | 8.9 | 1.0 | 3.9 |
Problem drinking
| |||
0 positive responses | 44.1 | 67.6 | 58.8 |
1 positive response | 23.6 | 18.2 | 20.1 |
2 positive responses | 18.4 | 8.7 | 12.5 |
3 positive responses | 9.1 | 4.6 | 6.2 |
4 positive responses | 4.8 | 0.9 | 2.3 |
Heavy episodic drinking
Alcohol drunkenness
Problem drinking
Sociodemographic variables
Statistical analysis
Results
Description of the sample
Total | Alcohol consumption | Heavy episodic drinking | Drunkenness episodes | Problem drinking (CAGE) | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reporting high frequency | Reporting high frequency | Reporting high frequency | Problem drinkers | |||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Gender
| ||||||||||
Female | 519 | 63.8 | 156 | 30 | 270 | 52.1 | 207 | 39.8 | 74 | 14.3 |
Male | 294 | 36.2 | 178 | 60.5 | 226 | 77 | 192 | 65.2 | 95 | 32.3 |
Study year
| ||||||||||
1st year | 278 | 34.2 | 107 | 38.5 | 175 | 62.9 | 140 | 50.3 | 59 | 21.2 |
2nd year | 221 | 27.2 | 109 | 49.6 | 144 | 65.3 | 114 | 51.8 | 48 | 21.9 |
3rd year | 93 | 11.4 | 38 | 40.6 | 52 | 55.9 | 39 | 42.2 | 26 | 28.4 |
4th year | 221 | 27.2 | 80 | 36.2 | 94 | 42.7 | 105 | 47.6 | 36 | 16.5 |
Parental educational status
| ||||||||||
Both parents low | 445 | 54.8 | 175 | 39.4 | 260 | 58.5 | 206 | 46.2 | 93 | 20.9 |
Mother high, father low | 70 | 8.6 | 32 | 45.0 | 47 | 66.7 | 33 | 47.4 | 10 | 14.3 |
Father high, mother low | 120 | 14.7 | 48 | 39.6 | 73 | 60.9 | 58 | 48.5 | 20 | 16.3 |
Both parents high | 178 | 21.9 | 80 | 45.0 | 117 | 66.0 | 100 | 56.0 | 48 | 26.7 |
Perceived income sufficiency
| ||||||||||
Always sufficient | 550 | 67.7 | 228 | 41.5 | 342 | 62.1 | 272 | 49.5 | 117 | 21.2 |
Other | 263 | 32.3 | 123 | 46.6 | 163 | 62.1 | 135 | 51.3 | 68 | 25.8 |
Accomodation during semester
| ||||||||||
With parents | 393 | 48.4 | 154 | 39.2 | 224 | 56.9 | 186 | 47.3 | 74 | 18.8 |
Other | 420 | 51.6 | 178 | 42.4 | 274 | 65.2 | 210 | 49.9 | 97 | 23.1 |
Intimate relationship
| ||||||||||
Yes | 454 | 55.8 | 165 | 36.3 | 273 | 60.2 | 211 | 46.5 | 78 | 17.1 |
No | 359 | 44.2 | 177 | 47.9 | 224 | 62.3 | 189 | 52.7 | 96 | 26.7 |
Variables associated with alcohol-use-related variables
High drinking frequency | Heavy episodic drinking | Drunkenness episodes | Problem drinking (CAGE) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
OR (95%CI)* | OR (95%CI)* | OR (95%CI)* | OR (95%CI)* | |
Gender
| ||||
Females |
0.28 (0.20-0.39)
|
0.26 (0.18-0.37)
|
0.34 (0.25-0.48)
|
0.39 (0.27-0.57)
|
Males | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Study year
| 0.96 (0.84-1.11) |
0.87 (0.77-0.98)
| 0.94 (0.83-1.07) | 0.97 (0.83-1.14) |
Parental educational status
| ||||
Both parents high | 1.41 (0.94-2.11) | 1.42 (0.93-2.15) | 1.34 (0.90-1.99) |
1.70 (1.09-2.64)
|
Mother high, father low | 1.17 (0.68-2.00) | 1.38 (0.79-2.40) | 1.02 (0.61-1.72) | 0.64 (0.32-1.30) |
Father high, mother low | 0.88 (0.56-1.40) | 1.01 (0.69-1.73) | 0.96 (0.62-1.49) | 0.69 (0.39-1.23) |
Both parents low | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1
|
Perceived income sufficiency
| ||||
Always sufficient | 0.82 (0.58-1.15) | 1.01 (0.72-1.43) | 0.90 (0.65-1.26) | 0.73 (0.49-1.08) |
Other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Accomodation during semester
| ||||
With parents | 0.74 (0.54-1.02) |
0.61 (0.44-0.85)
|
0.73 (0.54-0.99)
|
0.68 (0.48-0.97)
|
Other | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Intimate relationship
| ||||
Yes | 0.75 (0.54-1.04) | 1.06 (0.76-1.50) | 0.83 (0.60-1.15) |
0.64 (0.45-0.92)
|
No | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
C-statistics
| 0.70 | 0.68 | 0.69 | 0.68 |
Nagelkerke's R-square
| 0.149 | 0.131 | 0.101 | 0.122 |