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Table 7.3 Percentage of current drinkers among pupils aged 12 to 16 in special <strong>and</strong> mainstream<br />

education who were drunk in the past month or who took five or more drinks per session,<br />

by age group<br />

Drunk<br />

Five or more drinks per session<br />

(binge drinking)<br />

School type 12-13 years 14-15 years 16 years 12-13 years 14-15 years 16 years<br />

Special<br />

REC-4 28% 49% 71% 72% 89% 89%<br />

pro 31% 39% 45% 76% 91% 92%<br />

lwoo 22% 41% 46% 76% 87% 80%<br />

Mainstream 17% 41% 53% 50% 66% 76%<br />

Percentage of recent (past month) users. Survey year for special education was 2008. Survey year for mainstream<br />

education was 2007. Sources: Trimbos Institute; Trimbos Institute/University of Utrecht.<br />

Special groups of young people<br />

In certain groups of juveniles <strong>and</strong> young adults alcohol use may occur more frequently.<br />

Alcohol consumption among socialising youngsters, young holiday-makers <strong>and</strong> problem<br />

youth is discussed below.<br />

Socialising juveniles <strong>and</strong> young adults<br />

Many young people drink when they are out socialising. Table 7.4 summarises the<br />

results of a number of studies conducted among young people in the social scene.<br />

The figures are not mutually comparable on account of differences in age groups <strong>and</strong><br />

research methods. Furthermore, the response rates in research on socialising young<br />

people are often low, which can lead to a distortion of the results.<br />

• In 2005 one fifth of young socialisers aged 13 drank alcohol while out, as did nearly<br />

two-thirds of fourteen <strong>and</strong> fifteen year olds <strong>and</strong> almost nine out of ten sixteen <strong>and</strong><br />

seventeen year olds. These figures are comparable with those from 2003 (Bieleman<br />

et al., 2006).<br />

• In 2008/2009 substance use was examined among attendees at eleven national <strong>and</strong><br />

regionally organised large-scale parties <strong>and</strong> festivals (Trimbos Institute/University of<br />

Amsterdam, 2010).<br />

- Nine out of ten (91%) of the revellers were current drinkers.<br />

- Eight out of ten (80%) had consumed five or more drinks on at least one occasion<br />

(binge drinking) during the past month.<br />

• In the same survey in 2008/2009, alcohol use among clubbers <strong>and</strong> disco-goers was<br />

studied in large <strong>and</strong> medium-sized municipalities in five regions of the <strong>Netherl<strong>and</strong>s</strong>:<br />

North (Friesl<strong>and</strong>, Groningen, Drenthe), East (Gelderl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Overijssel), Central<br />

(Utrecht, Flevol<strong>and</strong>), West (Noord- <strong>and</strong> Zuid-Holl<strong>and</strong>) <strong>and</strong> South (Noord- Brabant,<br />

Zeel<strong>and</strong>, Limburg).<br />

- The percentage of current drinkers was highest in East (94%), followed by South<br />

(93%), North <strong>and</strong> West (91%) <strong>and</strong> Central (90%). However, these differences were<br />

150 <strong>Netherl<strong>and</strong>s</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Drug</strong> <strong>Monitor</strong> - NDM Annual Report 2009

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