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

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

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|Oct 2021

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Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of students.

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

[i] Result of chi-square tests: *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001

Table 2

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

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.

[i] Legend: OR – Odds Ratio, AOR – Adjusted Odds Ratio, CI – Confidence Interval

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2021-0033 | Journal eISSN: 1854-2476 | Journal ISSN: 0351-0026
Language: English, Slovenian
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

© 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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