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Table 3 Principals’ awareness and use of policy/guidelines regarding adults’ consumption of alcohol at school functions at which students are present (n = 241, NSW = 124, Vic = 117)

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

In regard to adults’ consumption of alcohol at school functions at which students are present:

n

% Yes

% No

% Don’t know/refused

NSW

Vic

NSW

Vic

NSW

Vic

NSW

Vic

As far as you are aware does your Education Department have a policy or guidelines?d

124

117

96.8

76.1

0.8

8.5

2.4

15.4

Does your school have a policy or guidelines?c

124

117

67.7

47.0

29.8

47.0

2.4

6.0

Does your school policy prohibit at all school functions?(a)d

84

55

96.4

63.6

2.4

34.5

1.2

1.8

Does your school policy allow with discretion of the principal? (a)(b)

84

55

19.0

29.1

79.8

65.5

1.2

5.5

Does your school policy allow with school council approval? (a)(b)d

84

55

9.5

56.4

81.0

34.5

9.5

9.1

Do you believe that your Education Department should have a policy/guidelines that prohibits alcohol at all school functions?d

124

117

91.9

53.8

6.5

41.9

1.6

4.3

  1. (a) N = 139 Only applies to schools that have a policy
  2. (b) In Victoria, the DEECD policy gives the principal/school council discretion
  3. cDifferences between states significant at the 1 % level (chi-square)
  4. dDifferences between states significant at the 0.1 % level (chi-square)