Alcohol Consumption and Risky Drinking Patterns among College Students from Selected Countries of the Carpathian Euroregion
Table 3
Frequency of alcohol consumption with reference to gender and country.
Poland (%)
Slovakia (%)
Ukraine (%)
Romania (%)
Frequency of consumption of
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
Female
Male
Alcohol
< 0.001/< 0.001
never
9.4
6.1
15.8
10.7
24.4
17.7
55.8
19.9
in the past
1.8
4.2
3.3
11.2
3.3
14.5
2.5
3.7
occasionally
88.8
75.6
78.6
69.8
68.9
58.9
40.2
72.8
regularly
0.0
14.1
2.3
8.3
3.3
8.9
1.5
3.7
< 0.001
< 0.001
0.01
< 0.001
Beer
< 0.001/0.03
I do not drink
18.4
10.8
42.3
20.7
40.0
25.0
67.8
25.0
several times a year
11.2
2.8
11.6
4.1
3.3
3.2
11.1
7.4
once a month
26.9
9.9
10.7
9.5
10.0
8.1
3.5
9.6
once a week
32.7
31.5
26.0
26.0
28.9
25.8
11.1
29.4
3–4 times a week
10.8
39.0
8.4
30.8
16.7
32.3
5.0
25.0
every day
0.0
6.1
09
8.9
1.1
5.6
1.5
3.7
< 0.001
< 0.001
0.04
< 0.001
Vodka
< 0.001/< 0.001
I do not drink
22.9
19.2
45.6
29.6
60.0
29.0
78.4
51.5
several times a year
34.5
12.7
22.3
7.7
10.0
12.1
10.6
12.5
once a month
31.4
28.2
18.6
16.0
16.7
25.0
4.5
8.8
once a week
8.5
31.0
12.1
34.3
11.1
27.4
6.0
21.3
3–4 times a week
2.7
8.5
1.4
12.4
2.2
4.0
0.5
5.1
every day
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.4
0.0
0.7
< 0.001
< 0.001
< 0.001
< 0.001
Wine
< 0.001/< 0.001
I do not drink
29.1
43.2
27.4
41.4
31.1
37.1
59.3
32.4
several times a year
32.7
20.7
23.7
11.8
21.1
18.5
18.1
10.3
once a month
23.3
14.1
30.2
13.6
18.9
20.2
7.0
15.4
once a week
12.6
19.2
14.0
24.3
25.6
18.5
12.6
25.0
3–4 times a week
2.2
1.9
4.2
8.9
3.3
4.0
3.0
14.7
every day
0.0
0.9
0.5
0.0
0.0
1.6
0.0
2.2
< 0.001
< 0.001
0.63
< 0.001
: assessment of the significance of differences between the frequency of alcohol consumption in individual countries (separately for female and male groups). : assessment of the significance of differences between the frequency of alcohol consumption between female and male groups (separately for each country).
