Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS): Alcohol Report 2015

Appendix B: Base Tables

Table B.1 Bases for Figure 2.2 Proportion of pupils who have ever had a drink, by sex and age (1990-2015)

	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

Table B.2 Bases for Figure 2.3 Proportion of pupils who drank in the last week, by sex and age (1990-2015)

	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

Table B.3: Bases for Figure 2.4 Proportion of pupils, who have ever had a drink, who have ever been drunk, by sex and age (2002-2015)

	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

Table B.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 (2006-2015)

	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

Table B.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 (2008-2015)

	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

Table B.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 (2006-2015)

	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

Table B.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 (2006-2015)

	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

Table B.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 (2006-2015)

	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

Table B.9: Bases for Figure 4.1 Acceptability of trying an alcoholic drink, by age and gender (2006-2015)

	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

Table B.10: Bases for Figure 4.2 Acceptability of trying getting drunk, by age and gender (2006-2015)

	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

Table B.11: Bases for Figure 4.5 Amount learned about alcohol at school, by age (2015)

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
The risks to your health from alcohol	12282	10731
The effects that drinking alcohol can have on other areas of your life	12258	10712
That your ability to make decisions can be affected by drinking alcohol	12238	10707
That people's views about smoking, drinking and taking drugs can be affected by the things their friends say or do	12231	10682

Table B.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 (2015)

The risks to your health from alcohol

	13 year olds	15 year olds
A lot	6207	5323
A little	3553	3511
Not much/not at all	1399	1107

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

	13 year olds	15 year olds
A lot	5673	5063
A little	3610	3449
Not much/not at all	1625	1322

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

	13 year olds	15 year olds
A lot	5499	5129
A little	3526	3391
Not much/not at all	1763	1263

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	5552	4909
A little	3463	3402
Not much/not at all	1637	1373

Table B.13: Bases for Figure 4.7 Confidence in health and wellbeing choices, by age (2015)

	All 13 year olds	All 15 year olds
Having the information you need to make the right choices about your health and wellbeing	12142	10626
Saying no to doing something that you don't want to do	12115	10606
Knowing where to go for information and support about substance related issues	12076	10577
Avoid getting into risky situations due to alcohol	12066	10591

Table B.14: Bases for Figure 4.8 Proportion of pupils who drank in the last week, by confidence in future health and wellbeing choices (2015)

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

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Very confident	6024	4300
Fairly confident	4543	4795
Not very/not at all confident	531	788

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

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Very confident	7363	6181
Fairly confident	3097	3099
Not very/not at all confident	625	605

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

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Very confident	5421	3868
Fairly confident	4305	4278
Not very/not at all confident	1113	1575

Avoid getting into risky situations due to alcohol

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Very confident	7391	5289
Fairly confident	2963	3669
Not very/not at all confident	555	834

Table B.15: Bases for Figure 5.1 Proportion of pupils who drank in the last week, by family variables (2015)

Family status

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Single parent	2546	2444
Step parent	1004	971
Both parents	8580	7162

Maternal awareness

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Median and above	3849	4587
Below median	8386	6155

Paternal awareness

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Median and above	4452	5193
Below median	7179	4936

Family communication

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Likely to talk	11133	9018
Not likely to talk	1378	1896

Caring responsibilities

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Yes	1455	949
No	10868	9962

Table B.16: Bases for Figure 5.2 Whether a pupil is allowed to drink at home, by whether a pupil has ever been drunk (2015)

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Always	92	545
Sometimes	2131	4837
Never	1013	1709

Table B.17: Bases for Figure 5.3 Proportion of pupils who drank in the last week, by friend variables (2015)

Number of friends

	13 year olds	15 year olds
0	190	261
1	417	426
2	1349	1452
3+	10068	8465

Age of friends

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Older	492	523
Younger	179	183
Same aged	8086	6938
Mixed	3279	2952

Number of evenings spent with friends

	13 year olds	15 year olds
None	1209	1098
1-2 evenings	3315	3352
3-4 evenings	3889	3564
5+ evenings	2339	1669

Own cash to spend per week

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Less than £5	2848	1581
£5-£20	6602	5157
More than £20	2705	3873

Table B.18: Proportion of 13 year olds who drank in the last week, by weekly activities (2015) - Percentages (Figure 5.4)

	Weekly	Less than weekly
Playing sport	3%	5%
Going to a gig or concert	11%	3%
Doing a hobby	3%	5%
Hanging out in the street	7%	2%
Reading books	3%	5%
Do nothing	6%	3%

Table B.19: Proportion of 15 year olds who drank in the last week, by weekly activities (2015) - Percentages (Figure 5.4)

	Weekly	Less than weekly
Reading books	12%	19%
Hanging out in the street	27%	11%
Doing a hobby	14%	20%
Going to a gig or concert	47%	48%
Going to a friend's home	21%	10%

Table B.20: Proportion of 13 year olds who drank in the last week, by weekly activities (2015) - Bases (Figure 5.4)

	Weekly	Less than weekly
Playing sport	8629	3509
Going to a gig or concert	687	11381
Doing a hobby	7260	4835
Hanging out in the street	4602	7481
Reading books	5694	6466
Do nothing	2694	9025

Table B.21: Proportion of 15 year olds who drank in the last week, by weekly activities (2015) - Bases (Figure 5.4)

	Weekly	Less than weekly
Reading books	3472	7163
Hanging out in the street	3621	6987
Doing a hobby	5513	5082
Going to a gig or concert	820	9772
Going to a friend's home	6969	3642

Table B.22: Bases for Figure 5.5 Proportion of pupils who drank in the last week, by school variables (2015)

How much do you like school at the moment?

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Like it a lot	2872	1537
Like it a little	5948	4959
Not very much	1901	2395
Not at	1097	1589

Feeling pressured by schoolwork

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Never	1967	634
Sometimes	7188	4381
A lot of the time	2596	5427

Exclusion

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Has been excluded	1092	10546
Has not been excluded	231	3503

Truanting

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Not at all	7812	6025
1-3 times	2699	2579
4-10 times	725	998
More than 10 times	358	690

Post-school expectations

	13 year olds	15 year olds
University	7166	6085
FE college	1356	1649
Apprenticeship	315	860
Working	1225	881

Table B.23: Bases for Figure 5.6 Proportion of pupils who drank in the last week, by inequalities and geography variables (2015)

Self-rated health

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Good	11039	9043
Fair	1411	1720
Bad	212	336

Illness or disability

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Yes	1736	1889
No	10415	8742

Over SDQ score

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Normal	8078	6485
Borderline	1546	1748
Abnormal	1479	1661

WEMWBS Score

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Below average	1370	1834
Average	7739	7227
Above average	1954	1151

SIMD

	13 year olds	15 year olds
1-most deprived	2232	2012
2	2744	2408
3	2154	1714
4	3074	2639
5- least deprived	2534	2355

Urban/rural classification

	13 year olds	15 year olds
Urban	10672	9251
Rural	2066	1877