CAMPAIGNS REPORTS IQ'S NETWORK FACTS ABOUT ALCOHOL PRESS ABOUT IQ REDUCED ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN SWEDEN Fewer and fewer students drink alcohol. This is shown by the drug habit surveys * that are conducted every year. The proportion of students in year 9 who drink alcohol is now the lowest since the measurements started in 1971. In the most recent survey in 2014, the proportion of alcohol consumers in year 9 fell to historically low proportions: 43 per cent of boys and 50 per cent of girls answered that they had drunk alcohol in the past 12 months. Even among students in upper secondary school year 2, the proportion of alcohol consumers has decreased, although not to the same extent. The proportion who consume alcohol intensively at least once a month has decreased. For boys in year 9, it has decreased from 25 percent in 2004 to 10 percent in 2014. For girls, the proportion has decreased from 23 percent in 2004 to 11 percent in 2014. It is thus significantly fewer today than ten years ago, and it is the boys which decreased the most. And the proportion of boys in year 9 who have been drunk at the age of 13 has halved since 2003, from 17 percent to 9 percent in 2013. Girls have had a similar development during the same period, from 18 to 8 percent. * Source: CAN, School students' drug habits 2014 Tweet SHOW ALL ARTICLES PREVIOUS More articles on the subject SHOW ALL ARTICLES ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN SWEDEN INTRODUCTION SWEDEN AND EUROPE YOUNG ADULTS DRINK THE MOST IQ works for a smarter view of alcohol. ABOUT IQ |CONTACT US |PRESS |FACEBOOK |INSTAGRAM |2016 IQ initiative AB