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Table 4 Percentage of students who have been really drunk by gender and country in 1993/94, 1997/98, and 2001/02

From: Trends in drinking habits among adolescents in the Baltic countries over the period of transition: HBSC survey results, 1993–2002

Gender, country

Have been really drunk

 

Once

Twice or more

Total

 

1993/94

1997/98

2001/02

1993/94

1997/98

2001/02

1993/94

1997/98

2001/02

Boys

         

   Estonia

21.1

16.0

17.6

25.9

44.0

56.7*

47.0

60.0

74.3*

   Latvia

23.4

23.5

22.8

35.2

47.0

41.4*

58.6

70.5

64.2*

   Lithuania

22.9

26.6

20.5

27.3

32.3

56.7*

50.2

58.9

77.2*

Girls

         

   Estonia

15.7

16.7

17.8

9.7

23.0

42.0*

25.4

39.7

59.8*

   Latvia

24.6

22.5

27.3

20.5

23.2

25.4*

45.1

45.7

52.7*

   Lithuania

21.6

25.2

26.7*

16.5

20.4

42.2*

38.1

45.6

68.9*

  1. * statistically significant difference between the rate of the answer in 1993/94 and 2001/02 (Z test, p < 0.05).