drinking habit

Introduction

Over the last ten years, young women in the UK have increased to binge drinking habits. If young women continued to drink in this way, they could present problems for the health such as damage liver, damage to the oesophagus and damage to the brain in the future. Professor Plant said “some of the reasons women used not to drink so extensively were because they feared for their physical safety when they did” (BBC, 2006). It is valuable to find why drinking habits have changed then to effectively solve this problem.

The purpose of this research has two aims. The first aim of research is finding out if female international students drink less/more/ the same as male students. The second purpose is if they drink less/more/the same as they did in their countries.

Method

The sample

The sample was 20 respondents (female 10 and male 10). These respondents were of different age and genders, and from different countries. They were all students of London Metropolitan University.

Data Collection

This was carried out through the use of a questionnaire that was contained with drinking habit in their countries questions and in the UK questions. Then, identify the information.

Findings

The first aim of research was discovered that female international students drink
less than male international students. The second aim of research was found that international students drink in the UK the same as in their countries.

There is 65% of international students drink in their countries (male 61.53%, female 38.46%). The highest percentage of drinking is once a week about 35%.
A half of international students usually drink 2-5 cans once in their countries. Both sexes of international students that drink 2-5 cans once are equal (50%).

There is 65% of international students drink in the UK (male 53.84%, female 46.15%).The percentage of international students drinking in their countries is the same as in the UK. The percentage of male drinking in the UK slightly decreased, while the percentage of female drinking increase nearly one tenth.
Two fifth of international students usually drink 2-5 cans once in the UK .The quantity of drinking 2-5 cans once in their countries reduce from 50% to 40% in the UK.

All of the international students drink with friends, so the most important reason of changing drinking habit is no friends.