Læknablaðið - 15.12.1994, Qupperneq 37

LÆKNABLAÐIÐ 1994; 80
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Table VI. Smoking, alcohol consumption and drug abuse by school (%).
School Smoke 25 1 cig./day Been „high“ on alcohol ^ 4 times Other drugs 5= 3 points
Capital area school A 13.2 44.7 5.3
Capital area school B 14.0 31.2 5.4
Capital area school C 15.1 45.2 4.3
Capital area school D 16.1 25.8 3.2
Rural area school 1 24.4 57.0 10.5
Rural area school 2 29.4 41.2 3.9
Rural area school 3 18.2 48.1 2.6
Rural area school 4 19.4 61.3 0.0
Table VII. Smoking, alcohol consumption and drug abuse (%).
Smoke Been „high“ on Other drugs
Year of birth 5= 1 cig./day alcohol 2s 4 times 25 3 points
b. 1976 (= 16 years) 19.9 49.5 5.1
b. 1977 (= 15 years) 14.4 30.4 4.8
Þeim sem reyktu árið 1992 líkaði verr í skól-
anum árið 1989 og voru sjaldnar heima en ungl-
ingar sem ekki reyktu (tafla VIII).
Áfengisnotkun: Meðaleinkunn hópsins sem
hafði fundið oftar á sér en þrisvar var lægri; 5,7
± 1,2 á móti 6,9 ± 1,5 (p=0,0002) hjá þeim sem
ekki höfðu fundið á sér svo oft. Þau 13 sem
töldu að áfengisneysla hefði oft valdið erfið-
leikum á heimili sínu (tafla III) höfðu öll fund-
ið á sér oftar en þrisvar. Árið 1989 líkaði þess-
Table VIII. Conditions in 1989 examined in light of alcohol use and smoking in 1992.
Been „high“ on alcohol Smoking
0-3 times (n=278) % 5= 4 times (n=222) % Non-smoker (n=407) % Smoker (n=93) %
Like /very much like school 76.0 52.0* 71.3 64.4**
4 evenings home/week 80.0 49.0* 72.0 41.8*
Leisure time with parents
s 1 per week 41.0 34.0 41.2 22.0*
Seldom/never satisfied with myself 1.5 10.4* 3.7 12.9*
Always/usually agree
with others 3.6 6.4* 4.5 5.4
Hard to make up my mind
Sometimes 46.1 47.7 46.6 47.8
Always/usually 5.1 6.8 5.2 8.7
Do sometimes bad because of friends
Sometimes 4.7 12.7 8.2 8.9
Always/usually Would you drink beer if friends wanl 1.1 : 2.7 1.5 3.3
you to join them?
Sometimes 5.1 11.4 8.0 7.5
Always/usually 1.1 2.7* 3.3 11.8*
Drink wine?
Sometimes 1.8 6.3 3.2 6.5
Always/usually 0 5.0* 1.3 6.5*
Drink hard liquor?
Sometimes 0.4 3.2 1.3 3.3
Always/usually 0 3.2* 0.5 5.5*
* p<0.001 ** p<0.05