Research Article
Prevalence, Reasons, Predictors, Perceived Effects, and Regulation of Alcohol Use among Children in Ghana
Table 4
Initiation into alcohol consumption, reasons for drinking alcohol, and perceived effects of alcohol on children by sex of children.
| | Response | Frequency (%) | Sex of children | | Male | Female | -value | | Frequency (%) | Frequency (%) |
| | Initiation into alcohol consumption | | | | | | Friends | 178 (53.5) | 96 (53.9) | 82 (46.1) | 0.971 | | Elders in family/household | 58 (17.4) | 33 (56.9) | 25 (43.1) | | | Party/ceremony | 57 (17.1) | 30 (52.6) | 27 (47.5) | | | Drinking bar | 40 (12.0) | 22 (55.0) | 18 (45.0) | | | Reasons for drinking alcohol | | | | | | Group culture | 107 (32.1) | 55 (51.4) | 52 (48.6) | 0.037 | | Boost confidence | 72 (21.6) | 37 (51.4) | 35 (48.6) | | | Whet appetite for meals | 62 (18.6) | 42 (67.7) | 20 (32.3) | | | Taking as medicine | 50 (15.0) | 21 (42.0) | 29 (58.0) | | | As part of community/household ceremonial activities | 25 (7.5) | 13 (52.0) | 12 (48.0) | | | Forget worries | 17 (5.1) | 13 (76.5) | 4 (23.5) | | | Perceived effects of alcohol consumption | | | | | | Poor performance in school | 131 (39.3) | 71 (54.2) | 60 (45.8) | 0.709 | | Engage in misconduct or deviant acts | 120 (36.0) | 67 (55.8) | 53 (44.2) | | | Makes you confident/stronger | 24 (7.2) | 11 (45.8) | 13 (54.2) | | | Makes you forget your worries | 24 (7.2) | 13 (54.2) | 11 (45.8) | | | Results in accidents and deaths | 31 (9.3) | 16 (51.6) | 15 (48.4) | | | Makes you prone to disease infection | 3 (0.9) | 3 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | | | Total | 333 (100.0) | | | |
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