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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 />
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