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Students in danger: Binge drinking behaviour and associated factors in Hungary

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|Oct 2021

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Sociodemographic characteristics of students_

CharacteristicsSecondary school students (14-18 years)
University students (19-27 years)
Frequency (n)Percent (%)Frequency (n)Percent (%)
Total number86435.3158564.7
Gender***
          male38945.039925.2
          female47555.0118674.8
Father’s highest educational level***
          low35844.046930.3
          medium25030.745229.2
          high20625.362540.4
Mother’s highest educational level***
          low23628.325316.2
          medium31337.553934.5
          high28534.277249.3
Economic status of the family
          very low60.7161.0
          low364.3774.9
          average34841.172846.0
          good41148.569543.9
          very good465.4664.2
School performance*
          poor566.5674.3
          medium27632.146429.5
          good52761.4104366.3
Binge drinking***
          Total16219.058537.2
          male8321.520652.0
          female7917.037932.2
Smoking***
          Total10111.728718.1
          male4010.39323.3
          female6112.819416.4
Drug consumption***
          Total577.025016.2
          male267.07419.3
          female317.017615.2

Factors associated with binge drinking among students in Hungary (univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses)_

Independent variablesUnivariable
Multivariable
Secondary school students (14-18 years)
University students (19-27 years)
Secondary school students (14-18 years)
University students (19-27 years)
OR (95% CI)p-valueOR (95% CI)p-valueAOR (95% CI)p-valueAOR (95% CI)p-value
Age1.60 (1.37–1.86)<0.0010.90 (0.86–0.95)<0.0011.44 (1.19–1.75)<0.0010.88 (0.82–0.93)<0.001

Gender
Male1.34 (0.95–1.89)0.0962.28 (1.81–2.88)<0.0011.42 (0.93–2.15)0.1042.05 (1.59–2.65)<0.001
Femaleref. ref. ref. ref.

Father’s highest educational level
lowref. ref. ref. ref.
medium1.04 (0.70–1.55)0.8451.38 (1.05–1.81)0.0201.12 (0.67–1.89)0.6621.32 (0.97–1.81)0.078
high0.66 (0.41–1.05)0.0791.24 (0.97–1.60)0.0920.78 (0.41–1.49)0.4551.01 (0.73–1.41)0.946

Mother’s highest educational level
lowref. ref. ref. ref.
medium1.31 (0.86–2.02)0.2111.04 (0.76–1.42)0.8252.02 (1.15−3.57)0.0150.85 (0.59–1,23)0.398
high0.95 (0.60–1.50)0.8251.36 (1.01–1.84)0.0421.54 (0.80−2.99)0.1991.12 (0.76–1.65)0.572

Economic status of the family
very low3.18 (0.56–18.09)0.1921.88 (0.60–5.86)0.2792.21 (0.27−17.82)0.4571.94 (0.53–7.12)0.318
low0.80 (0.27–2.32)0.6750.873 (0.43–1.79)0.7100.33 (0.09−1.31)0.1150.99 (0.45–2.18)0.969
average0.80 (0.38–1.65)0.5371.31 (0.76–2.24)0.3320.42 (0.18−0.98)0.0451.37 (0.76–2.47)0.290
good0.68 (0.33–1.40)0.2941.30 (0.76–2.23)0.3450.41 (0.18−0.94)0.0351.31 (0.73–2.33)0.364
very goodref. ref. ref. ref.

School performance
poor5.85 (3.24–10.60)<0.0011.94 (1.18–3.19)0.0094.44 (2.13−9.25)<0.0011.46 (0.83–2.57)0.196
medium2.38 (1.64–3.50)<0.0011.29 (1.03–1.62)0.0272.40 (1.53−3.76)<0.0011.30 (1.01–1.68)0.039
goodref. ref. ref. ref.

Smoking
yes5.66 (3.63–8.83)<0.0013.60 (2.76–4.70)<0.0013.74 (2.14−6.52)<0.0013.09 (2.30–4.16)<0.001
noref. ref. ref. ref.

Drug consumption
yes4.62 (2.64–8.09)<0.0012.34 (1.80–3.12)<0.0012.23 (1.14−4.38)0.0191.93 (1.42–2.64)<0.001
noref. ref. ref. ref.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2021-0033 | Journal eISSN: 1854-2476 | Journal ISSN: 0351-0026
Language: English
Page range: 244 - 252
Submitted on: Nov 18, 2020
Accepted on: Jul 21, 2021
Published on: Oct 20, 2021
Published by: National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year

© 2021 Anita Lukács, Andrea Szabó, Edina Horváth, Zsuzsanna Máté, Csaba Erdős, Regina Molnár, Edit Paulik, published by National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
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