Anxiety and depression symptoms and alcohol use among adolescents - a cross sectional study of Norwegian secondary school students

Table 4 Detailed presentation of the alcohol-related variables used in the Ungdata-survey

	Boys n = 3111		Girls n = 3127		Total n = 6238
	n	%	n	%	n	%
How old were you when you had your first full unit of alcohol, or drink?
I have never consumed that much alcohol	736	24	701	22	1437	23
Less than 10 years old	96	3	16	0.5	112	2
10 years old	31	1	11	0.4	42	0.7
11 years old	29	1	15	0.5	44	0.7
12 years old	139	4	73	2	212	3
13 years old	249	8	278	9	527	8
14 years old	410	13	491	16	901	14
15 years old	569	18	723	23	1292	21
16 years old	367	12	437	14	804	13
17 years old	56	2	61	2	117	2
18 years old or older	27	1	24	0.8	51	0.8
Missing	402	13	297	10	699	11
Do you ever drink any form of alcohol?
Never	701	23	595	19	1296	21
Have only tasted it a few times	575	18	541	17	1116	18
Now and then, but not as frequent as once a month	909	29	1063	34	1972	32
Quite regular 1–3 times every month	673	22	762	24	1435	23
Every week	176	6	123	4	299	5
Missing	77	2	43	1	120	2
If you consider the previous six months, how many times have you consumed enough alcohol to feel intoxicated?
Never	1376	44	1219	39	2595	42
Once	412	13	442	14	854	14
2–4 times	616	20	809	26	1425	23
5–10 times	356	11	355	11	711	11
10 times or more	264	8	254	8	518	8
Missing	87	3	48	2	135	2

ISSN: 1471-2458