Factors related to alcohol drinking behaviors among high school students in Mueang Khon Kaen Municipality
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This cross-sectional descriptive research aimed to investigate prevalence and factors related to alcohol drinking behaviors among high school students in Meuang District Municipality. The 333 populations were selected by stratified random sampling method, collected by self-questionnaires and analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, minimum, maximum, standard deviation and Multiple logistic regression.
The research found that the prevalence of alcohol consumption was 48%, 36.3% male, 63.7% female, average age was 13.8 years (S.D. = 0.84). The earliest age to start drinking alcohol was 10 years. Four significant factors associated with alcohol drinking behaviors were identified as follow, tobacco using (ORadj = 4.33, 95% CI of OR = 1.83 – 10.23), unhappiness in life (ORadj = 2.34, 95% CI of OR = 1.36 – 4.01), less activity at school (ORadj = 2.23, 95% CI of OR = 1.38 – 3.59), and poor attitude on alcohol consumption behaviors (ORadj = 2.01, 95% CI of OR = 01.17 – 3.39), respectively.
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