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DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
FACULTY OF ARTS AND LETTERS UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS
DATA COMPARISON:
YAFS AND 3F1 DATA ON DRINKING ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES
BY
MANGAHAS, MARY GRACE B.
MORENO, VERONICA MICHELLE L.
November 15, 2014
Introduction
Alcoholic drinking has been part of Philippine culture. Even during the ancient times this activity has already existed and continuously practice in today’s era. As part of the culture, Filipinos never fail to include drinking alcoholic beverages in celebrating a particular occasion such as fiesta, birthday and holidays. But others considered drinking alcohol as deviant because of its
negative effects on human particularly on situations that causes an individual to do criminal or
violent actions. However, drinking alcohol is not just considered as a norm less act for it
embodies meaning that are not commonly identified. “Alcohol is a symbolic vehicle for
identifying, describing, constructing and manipulating cultural systems, values, interpersonal
relationship, behavioral norms, and expectations.” Thus, drinking alcohol is not just a simple
activity because it serves different functions particularly on socialization. According from
Labajo, total recorded per capita consumption of Filipinos is 3.75 litres of pure alcohol for those 15 years and above years and above and increases by 10% every year (Filipinos only third to Thailand and Japan). 38.9% of Filipinos are occasional alcohol drinkers, 11.1% are regular drinkers (13% males and 5.9% females) while females) while 4.8% are heavy drinkers ( % are heavy drinkers ( 6.6% males and % males and 1.3% females) though children Filipino drinkers drink beer (78.5%) , liquor--rum, gin, whisky and lambanog (70.6%), and wine, tuba, sangria, sherry (42.4%). Because of that, the researchers
became interested on the topic in Block G of YAFS Data specifically, drinking alcohol and how
it becomes essential on the Filipino society.
Methodology
Research Design
Survey has been used for collecting data on 25 respondents from 3F1 which is defined as a
questionnaire in a standardized form with the purpose of gathering information from the selected
samples. It can be self-administered or administered by the interviewers but in this study, it is
self-administered (Tungpalan 2005). Giving of questionnaires also considered ethical procedure
through informing the respondents about the objectives of the study and that confidentiality of
the information has been assured.
Sampling Method
The sampling method employed in this study is purposive sampling wherein members are chosen
based on a set of criteria (Tungpalan 2005). Criteria set for respondents are: (1) student from the
University of Santo Tomas; (2) must be from homogenous block and as decided by the
researchers, it is the third year Food Technology; (3) under the block of 3F1 and, (4) availability
of the respondents. There are 25 respondents who answered a prepared survey questionnaire that
has been pre-test four days before the actual data gathering.
Locale
The research locale for this study is the University of Santo Tomas particularly students from
3F1 which is under the College of Education. The locale was chosen because it is more
convenient for the researcher but the data needed have not been taken for granted.
Statistical Tool
The type of approach for this study is quantitative method with the use of statistics. There are
two subdivisions of statistical method, namely descriptive and inferential but this research
focused on descriptive statistics. It “deals with the presentation of numerical facts, or data, in
either tables or graphs form” (http://www.acad.polyu.edu.hk n.d.) which is use for describing or
summarizing numeric observations (http://www.sagepub.com n.d.). It only describes data that
has been gathered. In encoding and analyzing the data gathered from selected respondents from
third year Food Technology students, SPSS which stands for Statistical Package for the Social
Sciences, a software for quantitative data has been used. Microsoft Excel also helped the
researchers to create graphs for both the YAFS data and the 3F1 data specifically only the
common variables for drinking alcoholic beverages.
Result and Analysis
Table 1. YAFS DATA Table 2. 3F1 DATA
Yes68%
No32%
80%
Ever Tried Drinking?
Yes88%
No12%
Ever Tried Drinking?
Table 3. YAFS DATA Table 4. 3F1 DATA
First Drink Age
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1718 19 20 21 22 23 24 97 98 99
5% 9%5%
9%
32%9%
14%
5%14%
First Drink Age
7 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 97
Table 5. YAFS DATA
1st Drinking Partners in 1st Drinking Session
0
Barkada/friends
Family/relatives
School mates
Sorority/fraternity mates
Officemate/co-workers
Partner
Teacher
Boardmate
1+2
1+3
Others
98
99
Table 6. 3F1 DATA
Barkada or friends59%
Family or relatives36%
School mates5%
1st Drinking Partners in 1st Drinking Session
Barkada or friends Family or relatives School mates
Table 7. YAFS DATA Table 8. 3F1 DATA
Yes, regularly5%
Yes, not regu-larly/some-
times35%
No28%
80%
932%
Currently Drinking Alcoholic Beverage ?
Yes, regularly or often5%
Yes, not regularly or sometime
68%
No27%
Currently Drinking Alcoholic Beverage ?
Table 9. YAFS DATA
Kind of Alcoholic Beverages Beer Hard drinks (gin, vodka, cognac, brandy, etc.) Mixed drinks (gin pomelo, beer-gin-coke, etc.) Tuba Wine 1+2+3 1+2 2+3 1+3 2+4 1+4 1+2+4 All drinksOthers9899
Table 10. 3F1 DATA
38%
38%
19%
6%
Kind of Alcoholic Beverages
Beer Hard drinks Mixed drinks Others
Table 11. YAFS DATA
Consume per Average of Bottles of Alcoholic Drinks
Shots/glasses only 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 18 20 24 30 One gallon 1/2 gallon 1/4 gallon
2 gallons + more < 1 bottle DK 98 99
Table 12. 3F1 DATA
50%
33%
17%
Consume per Average of Bottles of Alcoholic Drinks
2 3 4
Table 13. YAFS DATA
Consume per Average of Shots of Alcoholic Drinks
Shots/glasses only 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 18 19 20 24 25 30 32 35 45 48 50 95 Bottles (beer) /glasses only
DK 98 99
Table 14. 3F1 DATA
13%
25%
25%
38%
Consume per Average of Shots of Alcoholic Drinks
1 3 6 10
Table 15. YAFS DATA Table 16. 3F1 DATA
Usual Drinking Partner
Alone Barkada/friends Family/relatives School mates Sorority/fraternity mates Officemates/co-workers 2+3 Others98 99
75%
25%
Usual Drinking Partner
Barkada or friends Family or relatives
Table 17. YAFS DATA
Reason for Drinking Alcoholic Beverages
Enjoyment and relaxation To escape from problems/concerns Pressure from others/can't say no
Socialization/pakikisama Nothing else to do For good health/help digestion
Personal choice 1+4 1+2
2+4 Others 98
99
Table 18. 3F1 DATA
81%
13%6%
Reason for Drinking Alcoholic Beverages
Enjoyment and relaxation Socialization or pakikisama Nothing else to do
Table 19. YAFS DATA Table 20. 3F1 DATA
Yes9%
No32%
80%
959%
Getting into Trouble in Relation to Drinking
Yes6%
No94%
Getting into Trouble in Relation to Drinking
Table. 21. YAFS DATA Table 22. 3F1 DATA
Yes20%
No5%DK0%8
0%
974%
Ever Tried to Stop Drinking?
Yes19%
No81%
Ever Tried to Stop Drinking?
Table 23. YAFS DATA Table 24. 3F1 DATA
Yes71%
No29%
80%
Family Members Currently Drinking?
Yes32%
No68%
Family Members Currently Drinking?
Table 25. YAFS DATA Table 26. 3F1 DATA
Checked46%
Not checked
25%
80%
929%
drinking regularly: father
Yes38%
No63%
drinking regularly: father
Table 27. YAFS DATA Table 28. 3F1 DATA
Checked7%
Not checked64%
80%
929%
drinking regularly: mother
No
100%
drinking regularly: mother
Table 29. YAFS DATA Table 30. 3F1 DATA
Checked31%
Not checked41%
80%
929%
drinking regularly: brother
Yes50%
No50%
drinking regularly: brother
Table 31. YAFS DATA Table 32. 3F1 DATA
Checked3%
Not checked68%
80%
929%
drinking regularly: sister
No
100%
drinking regularly: sister
Table 33. YAFS DATA Table 34. 3F1 DATA
Checked6% Not checked
6%80%
989%
drinking regularly: spouse
No
100%
drinking regularly: spouse
Table 35. YAFS DATA Table 36. 3F1 DATA
Yes25%
No25%
82%
948%
experience drinking with family members
Yes52%
No48%
experience drinking with family members
According to the first two table, 3F1 respondents has higher percentage of tried drinking
alcoholic beverages than respondents from YAFS. From the tables 3 and 4, both respondents
from two data started drinking at age 16.The tables 5 and 6 showed that barkada/friends were
their first drinking partners in first drinking session. Yes, not regularly/sometimes is the
dominant answer for both data in tables 7 and 8. Beer is the most common kind of alcoholic
beverages as illustrated on tables 9 and 10.Meanwhile, tables 11 and 12 as well as tables 13 and
14 cannot be compared because of inconsistency in choices. Tables 15 and 16 both agreed that
barkada/friends is the usual drinking partner of respondents from YAFS and 3F1 data.
Enjoyment and relaxation got the highest percentage for the reason of drinking alcoholic
beverages. Based on the data from tables 19 and 20 there is a lesser trouble incident in relation to
drinking alcoholic beverages from respondents of two data. Tables 21 and 22 have a different
result on the question of ever tried to stop drinking because many respondents from 3F1
answered no while respondents from YAFS data answered yes which is same thing with tables
23 and 24. It is because more family members of YAFS respondents are currently drinking
compared to family members of 3F1 respondents. The result on tables 25 and 26 are almost the
same in the percentage of father who drinks regularly. Table 28 has a 100 percent of mother who
does not drink alcoholic beverages regularly while according on table 27, 7 percent of
respondent’s mother drinks alcoholic beverages regularly. Results of tables 29 and 30 are also
almost the same in percentage of respondent’s brother who does not drink alcoholic beverages
regularly Table 32 has a 100 percent of respondent’s sister who does not drink alcoholic
beverages regularly while according to table 31, 3 percent of respondent’s sister drink alcoholic
beverages regularly. Table 34 showed that there is 0 percent of spouse drinking regularly
because all respondents of 3F1 data are not yet married but in the YAFS data 6 percent answered
yes that their spouse drinks alcoholic beverages regularly. Lastly, table 36’s respondents has 52
percent who answered that they have already experienced drinking alcoholic beverages with
family members while table 35: YAFS data illustrated that both yes and no got 25 percent on the
question of have you ever experienced drinking alcoholic beverages with family members.
Conclusion and RecommendationIn conclusion, based on the results of both YAFS and 3F1 data, it strengthen the argument of Maritona Victa Labajo on her study entitled The Filipino as Quintessential Drinker: A Study of Alcohol Drinking Patterns among Filipinos which she stated that 60% of Filipino youth ages 13 years and above have taken or are
taking alcoholic beverages, 79% males and 21% females. Also beer has been the most common alcoholic beverage among Filipino drinkers. The researchers also found out that the most reason why Filipinos drink is to enjoy and to relax.
And barkada or friends are common drinking companion. For recommendation, researchers commend future studies to focus on how drinking alcoholic beverages become part of the Filipino culture.
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