ASSAD Intention to get drunk, by age group
Please note that these indicators are not currently up to date and will be replaced shortly with dashboards. In the meantime the most currently available data is available at https://www.data.act.gov.au or contact healthinfo@act.gov.au
Commentary
In 2017, 20.6% of secondary students surveyed who had consumed an alcoholic drink in the past week ('current drinkers') reported that they never intended to get drunk. There was no significant difference by age group (12-15 years and 16-17 years) who reported that they never intended to get drunk.
The 2009 NHMRC Australian drinking guidelines recommend no alcohol consumption as the safest option for people under 18.
Please note that this indicator was updated in 2022 and replaces all previous versions.
The following estimates have a relative standard error between 25% and 50% and should be used with caution:
- 2011 and 2017 12-15 year olds who reported they never intended to get drunk
- 2014 16-17 year olds who reported they never intended to get drunk
- 2011 and 2014 12-15 year olds who reported they intended to get drunk a few times
- 2014 16-17 year olds who reported they intended to get drunk a few times
- 2014 12-15 year olds who reported they intended to get drunk sometimes
- 2011 12-15 year olds who reported they intended to get drunk most times
- 2014 persons who reported they intended to get drunk every time
- 2011 and 2014 12-15 year olds who reported they intended to get drunk every time.
The following estimates have not been published due to a relative standard error greater than 50% or small numbers:
- 2017 12-15 year olds who reported they intended to get drunk a few times
- 2017 12-15 year olds who reported they intended to get drunk sometimes
- 2014 and 2017 12-15 year olds who reported they intended to get drunk most times
- 12-15 year olds who reported they intended to get drunk every time.
For the purpose of reporting the Australian Secondary Students' Alcohol and Drug survey data on HealthStats, if the 95% confidence intervals of the estimates do not overlap, they are considered to be significantly different.
Chart
'Current drinkers' intention to get drunk, ACT Secondary Students aged 12-17 years, by age group, 2011-2017
Data
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Codes and sources
A copy of the Australian Secondary Students' Alcohol and Drug survey can be found in Data collections.