Adekeye Olujide A, Amoo Emmanuel O, Adeusi Sussan O, Chenube Olufunke O, Ahmadu Frederick, Idoko Joseph
Covenant University, Department of Psychology, Ota, Nigeria.
Covenant University Counselling Centre, Ota, Nigeria.
Data Brief. 2019 Apr 19;24:103930. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.103930. eCollection 2019 Jun.
Alcohol is the most widely used substance of abuse among youths in Nigeria. Underage drinking poses a serious public health problem in most colleges and despite the health and safety risk, consumption of alcohol is rising. Having recourse to the public health objective on alcohol by the World Health organization, which is to reduce the health burden caused by the harmful use of alcohol, thereby saving live and reducing injuries, this data article explored the nature of alcohol use among college students, binge drinking and the consequences of alcohol consumption. Secondary school students are in a transition developmentally and this comes with its debilitating effects such as risky alcohol use which affects their health and educational attainment [1], [2]. This data article consists of data obtained from 809 (ages 14-20 years) participants from selected schools in Ota, near Lagos State, Nigeria. For data collection, the youth questionnaire on underage drinking was employed. This data article presents information on participants' alcohol demographics. Analyses of the data can provide insights into heavy episodic drinking (HED), ever drinkers, prevalence of alcohol consumption, strategies to reducing alcohol use, reasons for underage drinking and effects of alcohol consumption. The data will be useful for public health interventions.
在尼日利亚，酒精是青少年中滥用最为广泛的物质。在大多数高校，未成年人饮酒构成了严重的公共卫生问题，尽管存在健康和安全风险，但酒精消费量仍在上升。借助世界卫生组织关于酒精的公共卫生目标，即减轻因有害使用酒精造成的健康负担，从而挽救生命并减少伤害，这篇数据文章探讨了大学生饮酒的性质、狂饮以及酒精消费的后果。中学生正处于发育转型期，这带来了一些不利影响，比如危险饮酒行为，这会影响他们的健康和学业成就[1][2]。这篇数据文章包含从尼日利亚拉各斯州附近奥塔选定学校的809名（年龄在14至20岁之间）参与者那里获取的数据。在数据收集过程中，采用了关于未成年人饮酒的青年调查问卷。这篇数据文章展示了参与者的酒精使用情况统计信息。对这些数据的分析能够深入了解重度饮酒、曾经饮酒者、酒精消费流行率、减少酒精使用的策略、未成年人饮酒的原因以及酒精消费的影响。这些数据将有助于公共卫生干预措施。
