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• In contrast to this downward trend in alcopops, there has been a rise in the sales of
liqueurettes (liqueur-like products with an alcohol content of under 15 percent). The
sale of these drinks rose from 36 812 hectolitres in 2005 to 42 442 hectolitres in
2006 – an increase of 15 percent.
• In 2006, a total of 78 litres of beer, 22 litres of wine and four litres of spirits per person
were imbibed.
Table 7.1 Beer, wine and spirits per capita (in litres of pure alcohol), from 1960
Year Beer Wine Spirits Total
1960 1.2 0.2 1.1 2.6
1965 1.9 0.5 1.9 4.2
1970 2.9 0.8 2.0 5.7
1975 4.0 1.5 3.4 8.9
1980 4.8 1.4 2.7 8.9
1985 4.2 2.0 2.2 8.5
1990 4.1 1.9 2.0 8.1
1995 4.1 2.2 1.7 8.0
2000 4.1 2.3 1.7 8.2
2001 4.0 2.3 1.7 8.1
2002 4.0 2.3 1.7 8.0
2003 4.0 2.5 1.5 7.9
2004 3.9 2.6 1.4 7.9
2005 3.9 2.7 1.3 7.9
2006 3.9 2.8 1.3 7.9
Source: Drinks Product Board; Wine Product Board.
7.3 Usage: juveniles and young adults
School-goers
Since the mid-1980s, the Trimbos Institute has monitored the extent to which pupils
aged from 12 to 18 attending mainstream secondary schools have experience with
alcohol, tobacco, drugs and gambling. This takes place within the context of the Dutch
National School Survey (Monshouwer et al., 2008). The most recent results date from
2007.
• In 2007, 79% of pupils attending mainstream secondary schools had ever used
alcohol. This was less than in 2003, when the figure was 85%. However, the percentage
fluctuated somewhat over a fifteen-year period. (Figure 7.1).
• In 2007, 51% of pupils interviewed had drunk alcohol in the month before the survey,
which was less than in 2003.
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