Alcohol consumption behavior of tertiary students in Mueang, Phayao Province

Abstract

            The purpose of this study was to study alcohol consumption behaviors of tertiary students in Mueang District, Phayao province. Is a quantitative research, the population was 200 students in Mueang District, Phayao province by using questionnaires as a tool to collect data and analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage and mean. Results of the study showed that most respondents are male, aged between 21-22 years old. Bachelor's degree education, which has the main decision to buy alcohol, is the group of friends. The reason for buying the most alcoholic beverages is to socialize among friends and the place where the most frequently purchased alcoholic beverages are convenience stores. Most of them buy the most alcoholic beverages and giveaway as an incentive to make a purchase. For those who have the most influence in buying alcoholic beverages, are friends by inviting each other to drink during weekends and public holidays. For opinions that have the highest alcoholic beverage ranking 3 Found that drinking alcohol is harmful to health, undermining consciousness followed by drunk driving, disability and death, and drinking alcohol causing controversy, while the least opinion on alcohol drinking is alcohol, causing cirrhosis and deterioration of sexual images.