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Drinking Habits and Alcohol‐Related Beliefs of Australian, Papua New Guinean and American Youth
Author(s) -
Wilks Jeffrey,
Callan Victor J.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1984.tb03890.x
Subject(s) - new guinea , alcohol , demography , psychology , ethnology , sociology , biology , biochemistry
Summary Results are reported from a cross‐national investigation of the drinking habits and beliefs about alcohol of 793 male and 365 female high school students in Australia, Papua New Guinea and the United States. Only a third of Papua New Guinean males and a tenth of Papua New Guinean females had drunk alcohol. In contrast, almost all Australian and American students had drunk alcohol, with about half the males and Australian females having a drink in the previous week. Across cultures students were against drinking and driving, and the majority agreed that alcohol was detrimental to the healthy development of children and to one's own health.