Table 2 Drinking characteristics of the sample
| Â | Beer (% (n)) | Wine (% (n)) | Non-distilled beverages (% (n)) | Spirits (% (n)) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Man | Woman | Man | Woman | Man | Woman | Man | Woman |
Frequency of drinking during the academic year | ||||||||
 Never | 19.77 (760) | 80.23 (3084) | 38.18 (1264) | 61.82 (2047) | 36.14 (3265) | 63.86 (5769) | 29.49 (1347) | 70.51 (3221) |
 Less than once a month | 18.85 (529) | 81.15 (2278) | 41.32 (2660) | 58.68 (3778) | 35.80 (2171) | 64.20 (3894) | 31.50 (2095) | 68.50 (4556) |
 Less than once a week, more than once a month | 24.75 (780) | 75.25 (2372) | 34.79 (1740) | 65.21 (3262) | 33.22 (883) | 66.78 (1775) | 39.47 (1932) | 60.53 (2963) |
 Once a week | 36.74 (1184) | 63.26 (2039) | 26.72 (637) | 73.28 (1747) | 35.49 (247) | 64.51 (449) | 46.65 (814) | 53.35 (931) |
 More than once a week, less than daily | 56.42 (2980) | 43.58 (2302) | 21.82 (336) | 78.18 (1204) | 28.77 (63) | 71.23 (156) | 52.72 (417) | 47.28 (374) |
 Daily | 82.01 (497) | 17.99 (109) | 35.42 (34) | 64.58 (62) | 66.67 (8) | 33.33 (4) | 67.57 (25) | 32.43 (12) |
Drinking onset before the age of 15 | 44.10 (2291) | 55.90 (2904) | 37.47 (1593) | 62.53 (2658) | 44.07 (383) | 55.93 (486) | 37.71 (408) | 62.29 (674) |