Table 4.
Initiation into alcohol consumption, reasons for drinking alcohol, and perceived effects of alcohol on children by sex of children.
| Response | Frequency (%) | Sex of children | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | P-value | ||
| Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) | |||
| Initiation into alcohol consumption | ||||
| Friends | 178 (53.5) | 96 (53.9) | 82 (46.1) | 0.971 |
| Elders in family/household | 58 (17.4) | 33 (56.9) | 25 (43.1) | |
| Party/ceremony | 57 (17.1) | 30 (52.6) | 27 (47.5) | |
| Drinking bar | 40 (12.0) | 22 (55.0) | 18 (45.0) | |
| Reasons for drinking alcohol | ||||
| Group culture | 107 (32.1) | 55 (51.4) | 52 (48.6) | 0.037∗ |
| Boost confidence | 72 (21.6) | 37 (51.4) | 35 (48.6) | |
| Whet appetite for meals | 62 (18.6) | 42 (67.7) | 20 (32.3) | |
| Taking as medicine | 50 (15.0) | 21 (42.0) | 29 (58.0) | |
| As part of community/household ceremonial activities | 25 (7.5) | 13 (52.0) | 12 (48.0) | |
| Forget worries | 17 (5.1) | 13 (76.5) | 4 (23.5) | |
| Perceived effects of alcohol consumption | ||||
| Poor performance in school | 131 (39.3) | 71 (54.2) | 60 (45.8) | 0.709∗ |
| Engage in misconduct or deviant acts | 120 (36.0) | 67 (55.8) | 53 (44.2) | |
| Makes you confident/stronger | 24 (7.2) | 11 (45.8) | 13 (54.2) | |
| Makes you forget your worries | 24 (7.2) | 13 (54.2) | 11 (45.8) | |
| Results in accidents and deaths | 31 (9.3) | 16 (51.6) | 15 (48.4) | |
| Makes you prone to disease infection | 3 (0.9) | 3 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Total | 333 (100.0) | |||
∗ Fisher exact test.