by Cheng-Ye Ji, Pei-Jin Hu, Yi Song
Abstract:
Aims: To understand alcohol-related risk behaviours among Chinese college students. Methods: As part of the first China National Youth Risk Behaviour Survey, undertaken in 2009, 52,150 students at 119 colleges were randomly sampled. Information was obtained from self-administered questionnaires. Results: Prevalences were: lifetime drinkers 80.8%, current drinkers 49.3% (drank alcohol in past 30 days) and binge drinkers 23.5% (‘binge drinkers’ reporting at least five alcoholic drinks on a single occasion at least six times during the past 30 days). Multinomial logistic analysis revealed the contribution of sociodemographic factors to three high-risk drinking behaviours: odds ratio (95% confidence interval) = 3.64 (2.69–4.60) with frequent drinking; 3.27 (1.82–4.72) with binge drinking; and 5.48 (3.20–7.77) with heavy binge drinking. These three rates were greater among males than females, in the Western more than the Eastern region, among students living off-campus and among those whose mothers had higher education. Heavy drinking was linked to lower academic self-rating. Conclusion: There is a trend towards risky drinking among Chinese college students. Measures such as a minimum drinking age, advertisement restrictions, taxation, drunk-driving penalties and campaigns to heighten public awareness of alcohol-related health risks should be instituted in order to improve the situation on college campuses where alcohol abuse is particularly prevalent.
Reference:
The Epidemiology of Alcohol Consumption and Misuse among Chinese College Students (Cheng-Ye Ji, Pei-Jin Hu, Yi Song), In Alcohol and Alcoholism, volume 47, no. 4, 2012.AbstractAims: To understand alcohol-related risk behaviours among Chinese college students. Methods: As part of the first China National Youth Risk Behaviour Survey, undertaken in 2009, 52,150 students at 119 colleges were randomly sampled. Information was obtained from self-administered questionnaires. Results: Prevalences were: lifetime drinkers 80.8%, current drinkers 49.3% (drank alcohol in past 30 days) and binge drinkers 23.5% (‘binge drinkers’ reporting at least five alcoholic drinks on a single occasion at least six times during the past 30 days). Multinomial logistic analysis revealed the contribution of sociodemographic factors to three high-risk drinking behaviours: odds ratio (95% confidence interval) = 3.64 (2.69–4.60) with frequent drinking; 3.27 (1.82–4.72) with binge drinking; and 5.48 (3.20–7.77) with heavy binge drinking. These three rates were greater among males than females, in the Western more than the Eastern region, among students living off-campus and among those whose mothers had higher education. Heavy drinking was linked to lower academic self-rating. Conclusion: There is a trend towards risky drinking among Chinese college students. Measures such as a minimum drinking age, advertisement restrictions, taxation, drunk-driving penalties and campaigns to heighten public awareness of alcohol-related health risks should be instituted in order to improve the situation on college campuses where alcohol abuse is particularly prevalent.
Bibtex Entry:
@article{doi:10.1093/alcalc/ags037,
author = {Ji, Cheng-Ye and Hu, Pei-Jin and Song, Yi},
title = {The Epidemiology of Alcohol Consumption and Misuse among Chinese College Students},
journal = {Alcohol and Alcoholism},
volume = {47},
number = {4},
pages = {464},
year = {2012},
doi = {10.1093/alcalc/ags037},
URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/ags037},
eprint = {https://academic.oup.com/oup/backfile/content_public/journal/alcalc/47/4/10.1093/alcalc/ags037/2/ags037.pdf}
,abstract = {<strong>Aims:</strong> To understand alcohol-related risk behaviours among Chinese college students. <strong>Methods:</strong> As part of the first China National Youth Risk Behaviour Survey, undertaken in 2009, 52,150 students at 119 colleges were randomly sampled. Information was obtained from self-administered questionnaires. <strong>Results:</strong> Prevalences were: lifetime drinkers 80.8%, current drinkers 49.3% (drank alcohol in past 30 days) and binge drinkers 23.5% (‘binge drinkers’ reporting at least five alcoholic drinks on a single occasion at least six times during the past 30 days). Multinomial logistic analysis revealed the contribution of sociodemographic factors to three high-risk drinking behaviours: odds ratio (95% confidence interval) = 3.64 (2.69–4.60) with frequent drinking; 3.27 (1.82–4.72) with binge drinking; and 5.48 (3.20–7.77) with heavy binge drinking. These three rates were greater among males than females, in the Western more than the Eastern region, among students living off-campus and among those whose mothers had higher education. Heavy drinking was linked to lower academic self-rating. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> There is a trend towards risky drinking among Chinese college students. Measures such as a minimum drinking age, advertisement restrictions, taxation, drunk-driving penalties and campaigns to heighten public awareness of alcohol-related health risks should be instituted in order to improve the situation on college campuses where alcohol abuse is particularly prevalent.},issn = 1464-3502}