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Table 2 Principals’ level of agreement with adults’ use of alcohol at school events (when children are present) by state (%)

From: Principals’ reports of adults’ alcohol use in Australian secondary schools

 

na

% Strongly agree/agree

% Neither agree/nor disagree

% Strongly disagree/disagree

 

NSW

Vic

NSW

Vic

NSW

Vic

NSW

Vic

School fete or fairb

121

110

0.0

1.8

1.7

9.1

98.3

89.1

Sports day or other school sporting events

121

110

0.0

0.0

0.8

0.0

99.2

100.0

Year 10 graduation or valedictory dinner

114

103

0.0

1.9

0.0

1.0

100.0

97.1

Year 12 graduation or valedictory dinnerc

118

101

7.6

48.5

4.2

12.9

88.1

38.6

Debutante ballb

118

108

2.5

11.1

8.5

9.3

89.0

79.6

Year 7/8 camp

115

105

0.9

0.0

1.7

0.0

97.4

100.0

Year 9/10 camp

115

109

0.9

0.0

1.7

0.0

97.4

100.0

Year 11/12 camp

118

101

0.8

0.0

2.5

0.0

96.6

100.0

Fundraising events

124

116

3.0

10.3

6.5

11.2

89.5

78.4

  1. aNot all principals responded to these questions
  2. bDifferences between states significant at the 5 % level (chi-square)
  3. cDifferences between states significant at the 0.1 % level (chi-square)