Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS): alcohol report 2018

Appendix A: Base Tables

Table A.1 Bases for Figure 2.2 Proportion of pupils who have ever had a drink, by sex and age (1990-2018)

	All 13 year old boys	All 13 year old girls	All 15 year old boys	All 15 year old girls
1990	321	339	340	318
1992	380	348	292	332
1994	346	339	311	330
1996	314	302	318	276
1998	303	314	561	552
2000	624	582	592	571
2002	6027	6274	5278	5271
2004	1810	1736	1672	1742
2006	5821	5834	5649	5451
2008	2655	2710	2310	2337
2010	9788	9532	9118	8746
2013	8703	8657	8203	8047
2015	6271	6529	5592	5568
2018	5709	5610	4917	4961

Table A.2 Bases for Figure 2.3 Proportion of pupils who drank in the last week, by sex and age (1990-2018)

	All 13 year old boys	All 13 year old girls	All 15 year old boys	All 15 year old girls
1990	321	340	343	318
1992	381	348	294	332
1994	346	340	311	330
1996	315	302	317	275
1998	301	313	561	553
2000	620	579	591	571
2002	5943	6202	5229	5243
2004	1776	1721	1649	1729
2006	5886	5871	5687	5479
2008	2604	2665	2269	2320
2010	9715	9469	9085	8718
2013	8668	8616	8181	8028
2015	6185	6451	5506	5488
2018	5605	5520	4834	4901

Table A.3: Bases for Figure 2.4 Proportion of pupils, who have ever had a drink, who have ever been drunk, by sex and age (2002-2018)

	13 year old boys who have ever had a drink	13 year old girls who have ever had a drink	15 year old boys who have ever had a drink	15 year old girls who have ever had a drink
2002	4091	4359	4557	4716
2004	1184	1189	1411	1553
2006	3243	3341	4614	4711
2008	1305	1325	1814	1908
2010	4074	3893	6724	6787
2013	2623	2510	5346	5654
2015	1708	1557	3465	3627
2018	2019	1877	3318	3506

Table A.4: Bases for Figure 2.5 Proportion of pupils who have had a drink in the last week, who had been drunk in the same period, by age and sex (2006-2018)

	13 year old boys who drank in the last 7 days	13 year old girls who drank in the last 7 days	15 year old boys who drank in the last 7 days	15 year old girls who drank in the last 7 days
2006	752	840	1957	2009
2008	268	313	685	671
2010	1297	1191	2959	2900
2013	329	339	1384	1484
2015	215	227	873	962
2018	331	321	977	976

Table A.5: Bases for Figure 2.6 Mean age at which 15 year old pupils who have ever had a drink, first had an alcoholic drink and first got drunk (2008-2018)

	15 year olds who have ever had a drink (age first drank)	15 year olds who have ever had a drink (age first got drunk)
2008	3612	2651
2010	13375	9738
2013	10075	7098
2015	6100	4127
2018	6337	4288

Table A.6: Bases for Figure 3.4 Successful off-trade (shop, supermarket or off-licence) alcohol purchase attempts in the last 4 weeks among those who have ever had a drink, by age and sex (2006-2018)

	13 year old boys who have ever had a drink	13 year old girls who have ever had a drink	15 year old boys who have ever had a drink	15 year old girls who have ever had a drink
2006	3155	3273	4519	4643
2008	1267	1305	1783	1897
2010	3940	3840	6625	6761
2013	2515	2425	5257	5610
2015	1664	1550	3399	3622
2018	1953	1876	3246	3526

Table A.7: Bases for Figure 3.5 Successful on-trade (pub, bar or club) alcohol purchase attempts in the last 4 weeks among those who have ever had a drink, by age and sex (2006-2018)

	13 year old boys who have ever had a drink	13 year old girls who have ever had a drink	15 year old boys who have ever had a drink	15 year old girls who have ever had a drink
2006	3115	3272	4503	4635
2008	1266	1304	1793	1906
2010	3906	3819	6598	6742
2013	2496	2409	5242	5596
2015	1662	1544	3388	3624
2018	1959	1881	3238	3519

Table A.8: Bases for Figure 3.6 Proportion of pupils who have ever had alcohol who have asked someone else to buy alcohol for them in the last 4 weeks, by age and sex (2006-2018)

	13 year old boys who have ever had a drink	13 year old girls who have ever had a drink	15 year old boys who have ever had a drink	15 year old girls who have ever had a drink
2006	3208	3312	4583	4687
2008	1274	1304	1777	1901
2010	3917	3814	6616	6737
2013	2534	2439	5294	5632
2015	1686	1548	3425	3599
2018	1981	1858	3263	3499

Table A.9: Bases for Figure 4.1 Acceptability of trying an alcoholic drink, by age and gender (2006-2018)

	All 13 year old boys	All 13 year old girls	All 15 year old boys	All 15 year old girls
2006	5382	5558	5343	5309
2008	2430	2578	2202	2304
2010	9056	9137	8678	8552
2013	8074	8311	7793	7822
2015	6075	6482	5390	5465
2018	5527	5608	4621	4832

Table A.10: Bases for Figure 4.2 Acceptability of trying getting drunk, by age and gender (2006-2018)

	13 year old boys who have ever had a drink	13 year old girls who have ever had a drink	15 year old boys who have ever had a drink	15 year old girls who have ever had a drink
2006	5374	5556	5328	5296
2008	2432	2584	2215	2304
2010	9059	9143	8675	8547
2013	8081	8309	7790	7809
2015	5390	5465	5377	5451
2018	5524	5597	4626	4841

Table A.11: Bases for Figure 4.5 Amount learned about alcohol at school, by age (2018)

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
The risks to your health from alcohol	11004	9586
The effects that drinking alcohol can have on other areas of your life	10958	9576
That your ability to make decisions can be affected by drinking alcohol	10963	9560
That people's views about smoking, drinking and taking drugs can be affected by the things their friends say or do	10940	9536

Table A.12: Bases for Figure 4.6 Proportion of pupils who drank in the last week, by how much they said they had learned about alcohol topics at school (2018)

The risks to your health from alcohol

	13 year olds	15 year olds
A lot	5160	4110
A little	3388	3397
Not much/not at all	1168	1241

The effects that drinking alcohol can have on other areas of your life

	13 year olds	15 year olds
A lot	4815	3882
A little	3260	3264
Not much/not at all	1395	1501

That your ability to make decisions can be affected by drinking alcohol

	13 year olds	15 year olds
A lot	4677	4066
A little	3259	3221
Not much/not at all	1485	1343

That people's views about smoking, drinking and taking drugs can be affected by the things their friends say or do

	13 year olds	15 year olds
A lot	4568	3811
A little	3181	3192
Not much/not at all	1476	1526

Table A.13: Bases for Figure 4.7 Confidence in health and wellbeing choices, by age (2018)

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
Having the information you need to make the right choices about your health and wellbeing	10859	9465
Saying no to doing something that you don't want to do	10847	9436
Knowing where to go for information and support about substance related issues	10822	9435
Avoid getting into risky situations due to alcohol	10810	9413

Table A.14: Bases for Figure 4.8 Proportion of pupils who drank in the last week, by confidence in future health and wellbeing choices (2018)

Having the information you need to make the right choices about your health and wellbeing

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Very confident	4655	3451
Fairly confident	4415	4468
Not very/not at all confident	603	807

Saying no to doing something that you don't want to do

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Very confident	6097	5185
Fairly confident	2896	2941
Not very/not at all confident	688	614

Knowing where to go for information and support about substance related issues

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Very confident	4413	3169
Fairly confident	3835	3784
Not very/not at all confident	1237	1636

Avoid getting into risky situations due to alcohol

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Very confident	5764	4190
Fairly confident	3108	3547
Not very/not at all confident	652	907

Table A.15: Bases for Figure 5.1 Proportion of pupils who drank in the last week, by family variables (2018)

Family status

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Single parent	2043	1927
Step parent	890	891
Both parents	7858	6751

Maternal awareness

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Median and above	3772	4052
Below median	7199	5723

Paternal awareness

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Median and above	4273	4539
Below median	6242	4707

Family communication

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Likely to talk	9691	8252
Not likely to talk	1391	1530

Caring responsibilities

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Yes	1305	974
No	9733	8994

Table A.16: Bases for Figure 5.2 Proportion of pupils who drank in the last week, by friend variables (2018)

Number of friends

	13 year olds	15 year olds
0	242	327
1	337	381
2	1114	1271
3+	9006	7567

Age of friends

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Older	542	530
Younger	217	195
Same aged	7208	6248
Mixed	2742	2575

Number of evenings spent with friends

	13 year olds	15 year olds
None	1473	1285
1-2 evenings	3473	3593
3-4 evenings	3215	2861
5+ evenings	2223	1616

Own cash to spend per week

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Less than £5	2418	1511
£0-5	5614	4284
More than £20	2705	3837

Table A.17: Bases for Figure 5.3 Proportion of pupils who drank in the last week, by school variables (2018)

How much do you like school at the moment?

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Like it a lot	1832	1032
Like it a little	5130	4009
Not very much	2147	2537
Not at all	1420	1870

Feeling pressured by schoolwork

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Never	1558	570
Sometimes	6018	3461
A lot of the time	2867	5383

Exclusion

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Has been excluded	1337	1204
Has not been excluded	8931	8137

Truanting

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Not at	5819	4567
4-10 times	2890	2613
1-3 times	956	1165
More than 10 times	575	909

Post-school expectations

	13 year olds	15 year olds
University	5877	5069
FE college	1241	1440
Apprenticeship	511	1109
Working	1110	832

Table A.18: Bases for Figure 5.4 Proportion of pupils who drank in the last week, by inequalities and geography variables (2018)

Self-rated health

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Good	9466	8110
Fair	1674	1689
Bad	313	394

Illness or disability

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Yes	1950	2223
No	8779	7399

Over SDQ score

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Normal	6254	5319
Borderline	1611	1656
Abnormal	1821	1825

WEMWBS Score

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Below average	1293	1617
Average	6967	6585
Above average	1655	1050

SIMD

	13 year olds	15 year olds
1-most deprived	1531	1286
2	1932	1709
3	2346	2031
4	2857	2536
5- least deprived	2884	2709

Urban/rural classification

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Urban	9201	7942
Rural	2349	2329