The Australian national binge drinking campaign: campaign recognition among young people at a music festival who report risky drinking

Table 2 Socio-demographic and behavioural characteristics of study participants

	n¹ (N = 1072)	%
Gender
Male	398	37.1
Female	671	62.6
Age Group
16 - 19 years	594	55.4
20 - 24 years	360	33.6
25 - 29 years	118	11.0
Highest level of education ²
Didn't finish high school	49	4.6
High school	543	50.7
TAFE/Tertiary	469	43.8
Place of residence ³
Major city	653	60.9
Regional	360	33.6
Living arrangements
Alone	39	3.6
With parents and/or other family members	640	59.7
With partner and/or housemates	308	28.7
Other	50	4.7
Reported alcohol and drug use behaviour
Reported RSOD at least once in the previous 12 months	928	86.6
Reported frequent RSOD⁴	316	29.5
Reported using illicit drugs in the past month	287	26.8
Reported sexual health behaviours
Reported multiple sexual partners in previous 12 months⁵	389	36.3
Reported inconsistent condom use in previous 12 months⁶	292	27.2
Exposure and recognition of campaign
Recognised campaign message	801	74.7

¹Numbers of participants do not always add up to the total because of missing information for some variables
²Highest level of education includes those currently enrolled the specified level and those whose highest level is the specified level of education
³Place of residence was derived from postcode of residence using the Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Areas and only includes participants who provided an Australian postcode of residence
⁴Frequent RSOD was defined as participants who reported consumption of six or more drinks on one drinking occasion on a weekly or more frequent basis in the 12 months prior to the survey
⁵Multiple sexual partners was defined as having two or more sexual partners within the previous 12 months
⁶Consistency of condom use was defined as not consistently using condoms with new and/or casual partners, and/or regular partners if multiple regular partners were reported within the previous 12 months

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