• About 20% of male high school students and 16.6% females currently drank alcohol prior to the survey.

Figure 1. Percentage of Alcohol Consumption Among Students Aged 13-15 Years,

By Sex, Philippines: 2015

 

• Male high school students were leading the survey of who ever drank so much alcohol that they were really drunk one or more times during their life with 18.6% while females with 14.4%.
• Male high school students are more likely to drink alcohol with their friends with 61.6% as compared to female students with 57.7%. More female students (61.9%) than males
  (58.5%) had someone refuse to sell them alcohol because of their age.
• There were more male students who saw a lot of advertisements on alcohol when they watched TV with 37.1% than females with 32.8%. Male students who tried to drink alcohol before the age 14 years also outnumbered (68.9%) the females (64.9%).

Almost 70% of students try alcohol before age 14

• The survey recorded a 67% of total of students who tried alcohol before the age 14 years for the first time in their life.
• There were 16.5% students who ever drank so much that they were really drunk during their life.

More males consume alcohol

• The survey recorded that 41.4% of male high school students aged 16-17 years saw a lot of advertisements for alcohol when they watched TV while 34.5% the females had seen the
  same.
• Female high school students (53.0%) who tried to buy alcohol were more likely to have someone refuse to sell it to them because of their age than male high school students (49.5%).
• There were more male high school students who drank before the age of 14 years for the first time with 68.9% as compared to female high school students with 64.9%.
• Male students (36.8%) outnumbered those of the female students (26.1%) who were really drunk one or more times during their life. Students who were drunk with their friends led by
  male students with 80.1%, while females compared of 67.8%.
• Almost 75% of students get to drink alcohol with their friends.
• There were 29.7% who currently drank alcohol prior to the survey.

• The survey registered the same percentage among male and female high school students who tried to quit smoking cigarettes with 88.2%.
• There were more male students who reported that people smoked in their presence for one or more days with 53.9%.

• Male students were more likely to report people that smoked in their presence with 53.9% as compared to female students with 47.9%.
• Female students who currently smoked cigarettes prior to the survey consist of 8.6%, which was half of the male students with 15.8%.
• Male students were more likely to consume any tobacco products with 18.4% as compared to 11% of females.

• Male students who used any tobacco products almost tripled their female counterparts at 27.6%.
• Among those students who currently smoked cigarettes prior to the survey, the female tobacco users were only at 8.1% while males recorded high at 25.6%.
• Male students were most likely to experience second-hand smoking at 63% as compared to 51.8% of females.
• Among all students surveyed, 87.9% tried to quit smoking cigarettes.

TECHNICAL NOTES