Table 5.
Students consuming alcohol at least weekly by gender, country, year of the survey, and level of family wealth
| Gender, country | Level of family wealth | Drank alcoholic beverages at least weekly, n (%) | |||
| 1993/94 | 1997/98 | 2001/02 | Total with weighted frequency | ||
| Boys: | |||||
| Estonia | Low | 5 (8.1%) | 4 (12.1%) | 13 (27.7%) | 22 (16.0%) |
| Average | 58 (17.2%) | 45 (26.5%) | 122 (25.3%) | 225 (23.0%) | |
| High | 10 (11.2%) | 4 (15.4%) | 39 (44.8%)* | 53 (23.8%) | |
| Latvia | Low | 2 (3.9%) | 12 (18.8%) | 7 (18.4%) | 21 (13.7%) |
| Average | 42 (17.6%) | 69 (32.1%) | 24 (15.9%) | 135 (21.9%) | |
| High | 47 (27.6%)* | 59 (30.6%)* | 61 (22.2%) | 167 (26.8%)* | |
| Lithuania | Low | 24 (9.7%) | 18 (14.8%) | 69 (24.3%) | 111 (16.3%) |
| Average | 66 (19.2%) | 64 (19.9%) | 138 (26.3%) | 268 (22.5%) | |
| High | 12 (20.0%) | 18 (16.5%) | 61 (38.1%)* | 91 (24.9%)* | |
| Girls: | |||||
| Estonia | Low | 4 (4.1%) | 6 (9.1%) | 5 (9.6%) | 15 (7.6%) |
| Average | 14 (3.7%) | 20 (10.1%) | 62 (12.0%) | 96 (8.6%) | |
| High | 12 (13.2%)* | 8 (21.6%) | 11 (14.3%) | 31 (16.4%)* | |
| Latvia | Low | 14 (9.0%) | 7 (6.4%) | 12 (13.0%) | 33 (9.5%) |
| Average | 27 (6.9%) | 47 (13.1%) | 29 (12.6%) | 103 (10.9%) | |
| High | 20 (9.3%) | 32 (14.2%)* | 37 (12.5%) | 89 (12.0%) | |
| Lithuania | Low | 20 (5.6%) | 22 (10.0%) | 47 (12.6%) | 89 (9.4%) |
| Average | 30 (8.0%) | 40 (11.1%) | 56 (13.5%) | 126 (10.9%) | |
| High | 9 (12.3%) | 12 (9.5%) | 15 (12.2%) | 36 (11.3%) | |
* statistically significant difference between the rate of answers in groups of family wealth (χ2 test, p < 0.05).