Table 2.

Percentage of students who regularly consumed beer, wine, and spirits by gender and country in 1993/94, 1997/98, and 2001/02

Type of alcoholic drinks, country	Boys			Girls
	1993/94	1997/98	2001/02	1993/94	1997/98	2001/02
Beer
Estonia	11.6	19.3	26.8*	2.4	8.1	6.5*
Latvia	16.1	25.5	17.1	3.2	5.6	7.4*
Lithuania	12.1	15.9	26.7*	4.7	8.1	10.2*
Wine/sparkling wine
Estonia	3.4	3.8	6.5*	2.7	3.8	4.9
Latvia	6.4	5.9	4.8	2.8	5.5	4.3
Lithuania	2.0	2.9	3.1	2.1	2.3	3.3
Spirits/liquor
Estonia	3.1	3.8	8.9*	1.0	1.0	5.1*
Latvia	4.0	6.4	4.3	3.3	2.9	4.2
Lithuania	3.3	1.3	5.1	1.2	0.4	1.6

* statistically significant difference between the rate of the answer in 1993/94 and 2001/02 (Z test, p < 0.05).