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Table 5 Students consuming alcohol at least weekly by gender, country, year of the survey, and level of family wealth

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

Gender, country

Level of family wealth

Drank alcoholic beverages at least weekly, n (%)

  

1993/94

1997/98

2001/02

Total with weighted frequency

Boys:

     

   Estonia

Low

5 (8.1%)

4 (12.1%)

13 (27.7%)

22 (16.0%)

 

Average

58 (17.2%)

45 (26.5%)

122 (25.3%)

225 (23.0%)

 

High

10 (11.2%)

4 (15.4%)

39 (44.8%)*

53 (23.8%)

   Latvia

Low

2 (3.9%)

12 (18.8%)

7 (18.4%)

21 (13.7%)

 

Average

42 (17.6%)

69 (32.1%)

24 (15.9%)

135 (21.9%)

 

High

47 (27.6%)*

59 (30.6%)*

61 (22.2%)

167 (26.8%)*

   Lithuania

Low

24 (9.7%)

18 (14.8%)

69 (24.3%)

111 (16.3%)

 

Average

66 (19.2%)

64 (19.9%)

138 (26.3%)

268 (22.5%)

 

High

12 (20.0%)

18 (16.5%)

61 (38.1%)*

91 (24.9%)*

Girls:

     

   Estonia

Low

4 (4.1%)

6 (9.1%)

5 (9.6%)

15 (7.6%)

 

Average

14 (3.7%)

20 (10.1%)

62 (12.0%)

96 (8.6%)

 

High

12 (13.2%)*

8 (21.6%)

11 (14.3%)

31 (16.4%)*

   Latvia

Low

14 (9.0%)

7 (6.4%)

12 (13.0%)

33 (9.5%)

 

Average

27 (6.9%)

47 (13.1%)

29 (12.6%)

103 (10.9%)

 

High

20 (9.3%)

32 (14.2%)*

37 (12.5%)

89 (12.0%)

   Lithuania

Low

20 (5.6%)

22 (10.0%)

47 (12.6%)

89 (9.4%)

 

Average

30 (8.0%)

40 (11.1%)

56 (13.5%)

126 (10.9%)

 

High

9 (12.3%)

12 (9.5%)

15 (12.2%)

36 (11.3%)

  1. * statistically significant difference between the rate of answers in groups of family wealth (χ2 test, p < 0.05).