Table 2 Levels of substance use in UK backpackers while in the UK and when visiting Australia
From: Effects of backpacking holidays in Australia on alcohol, tobacco and drug use of UK residents
Frequency of use | Alcohol | Tobacco | Cannabis | Ecstasy | Cocaine | Crack | Amphetamine | Methamphetamine | Crystal Meth | LSD | GHB | Ketamine | Steroids | Heroin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UK | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % |
Never used | 1.2 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 48.3 | 63.5 | 95.6 | 71.4 | 85.4 | 93.2 | 75.4 | 92.5 | 87.4 | 96.9 | 95.2 |
Used but not in last 12 months | 1.1 | 15.1 | 20.1 | 17.8 | 13.9 | 3.3 | 16.4 | 9.6 | 4.6 | 19.0 | 6.0 | 8.9 | 2.2 | 3.5 |
Less than 1 day a week | 6.8 | 7.5 | 25.6 | 23.8 | 18.8 | 0.8 | 8.8 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
1 day a week | 16.8 | 4.1 | 7.9 | 6.1 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
2 to 4 days a week | 53.5 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
5 or more days a week | 20.7 | 38.1 | 9.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Australia | ||||||||||||||
Never used in Australia | 2.1 | 38.1 | 49.9 | 69.6 | 93.9 | 99.1 | 92.4 | 96.9 | 98.4 | 96.8 | 99.2 | 98.0 | 98.7 | 98.6 |
Less than 1 day a week | 4.7 | 7.7 | 20.1 | 21.3 | 5.6 | 0.6 | 6.2 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
1 day a week | 8.4 | 4.4 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
2 to 4 days a week | 44.5 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
5 or more days a week | 40.3 | 39.7 | 10.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Countries recently used in 1 | ||||||||||||||
Neither | 1.6 | 36.3 | 40.0 | 60.5 | 76.1 | 98.5 | 85.9 | 93.8 | 96.7 | 92.9 | 98.0 | 95.1 | 98.7 | 97.8 |
UK Only | 0.5 | 1.8 | 9.9 | 9.1 | 17.3 | 0.6 | 6.6 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
Australia Only | 0.7 | 4.9 | 7.1 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
Both | 97.2 | 57.1 | 43.0 | 24.9 | 5.3 | 0.5 | 5.7 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
McNemars | 0.77 | <0.001 | <0.05 | <0.01 | <0.001 | 0.75 | <0.001 | <0.01 | 0.34 | <0.005 | 0.1 | <0.05 | 0.69 | 1.00 |
Change in frequency of use 2 | ||||||||||||||
Australia>UK | 35.0 | 13.2 | 28.4 | 9.2 | 5.7 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 10.5 | 20.0 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 28.6 | 0.0 |
UK>Australia | 5.1 | 5.6 | 16.2 | 16.8 | 22.6 | 20.0 | 31.6 | 36.8 | 20.0 | 22.2 | 50.0 | 12.5 | 14.3 | 20.0 |
Unchanged | 59.9 | 81.2 | 55.4 | 74.0 | 71.7 | 80.0 | 61.4 | 52.6 | 60.0 | 72.2 | 50.0 | 87.5 | 57.1 | 80.0 |
Wilcoxon's Signed Rank | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.005 | <0.01 | <0.05 | 0.32 | <0.005 | 0.08 | 0.66 | 0.13 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.41 | 0.32 |