UK teenage girls 'worst drunks'

[6souls]

Young teenagers in the UK are more likely to get drunk than anywhere else in the industrial world, shows an international survey.

Girls in particular have pushed up this level of drunkenness in the UK, says a report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Among 15-year-olds, girls are more likely to have been drunk than boys.

But the report also says young people in the UK are materially well-off and enjoy a "high quality of school life".

The report, Doing Better for Children, compares the well-being of young people living in the leading industrial economies.

Growing up

This wide-ranging international study shows young people in the UK enjoying generous support as they grow up - with above-average state funding, a high quality of school life, below-average child poverty and low levels of bullying.

But in their personal lives, the UK youngsters are characterised by alcohol abuse and high rates of teenage pregnancy.

Parents in England, Scotland and Wales are also among the most likely to have separated - with the United States having the lowest proportion of children living with both parents.

Drunkenness in the UK is the highest among 24 OECD countries, measured in terms of the proportion of 13 and 15-year-olds having been drunk at least twice.

The UK's figure for these under-age drunks - 33% - is more than double the rate for countries such as the United States, France and Italy.

Among girls the gap between the UK and other countries is even wider.

One in five 13-year-olds in the UK reports having been drunk twice - four times higher than countries such as the United States, Sweden and the Netherlands.

Among 15-year-old girls in the UK, 50% reported getting drunk, almost three times higher than their counterparts in France. The rate for boys in the UK in this age group getting drunk is 44%.

Risk-taking

"The difference in the UK is the high level of risk taking," says report co-author, Dominic Richardson.

As well as young people getting drunk more often there are also unusually high rates of teenage pregnancy, he says.

This is despite a background of increased spending on young people - and relatively strong educational performance.

"It shows that tackling child poverty is not a magic bullet. Children who are from well-off homes can still have problems," he says.

In terms of abusing alcohol, he says the difference might be the context in which young people first experiment with drink. In France or Italy, youngsters might try drinks in a family environment - where they are less likely to get drunk. In the UK, they might be drinking with other teenagers.

"It's down to sensible teaching," he says.

The figures on teenage drinking used by the OECD were gathered in 2005-06. More recent figures from the NHS, published in July, suggest that more 11 to 15-year-olds are not drinking any alcohol - but those who do drink are consuming more.

'Responsible lives'

While the OECD highlights the problems with drinking and teenage pregnancy, it also presents a positive picture of the support available to people growing up in the UK.

It says that relative to other countries, children here are "materially fairly well-off".

And that "average family income is higher and child poverty is lower than OECD averages".

It says that children in the UK also enjoy a high quality of school life and enjoy school much more than many of their international counterparts.

Also bullying is less frequent and teenage suicides are less common in the UK than in most other industrialised countries.

England's Children's Minister Dawn Primarolo said it was "disappointing to see the UK rated so low for risky behaviours".

But she said efforts to encourage more young people to lead "healthy, safe, fulfilled and responsible lives" were beginning to show results.

"Recent statistics have shown encouraging decreases in teenage conceptions during the first half of 2008, that fewer teenagers than ever before are choosing to drink alcohol and we know that drug use among young people is falling."

The minister also said she was "delighted to see that the record investment in education is paying off with the UK performing substantially better than the OECD average for quality of school life"

YOUNG PEOPLE'S WELL-BEING:

Worst drunkenness: UK
Highest rate of bullying: Turkey
Most affluent: Norway
Best education: Finland
Best local environment: Australia
Least exercise: Switzerland
Best housing: Norway
Least risk: Sweden
Highest suicide rate: New Zealand
Enjoy school most: Turkey
Enjoy school least: Czech Republic
Most separated parents: United States
Fewest separated parents: Italy

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[Dimmauk]

Moving to the UK ASAP!

[Nekonaruto]

Hmm, I thought that the country where I'm from (Luxembourg) had the highest suicide rate per capita...since we're only like 500,000.

But that rate might also include the unreported suicides since our media and government don't like mentionning such things :D

[MrW]

Slaying drunk white bitches? I bet the random black brits are cleaning house!

[Priran]

Least exercise: Switzerland

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wat

[lamp]

YOUNG PEOPLE'S WELL-BEING:

Highest rate of bullying: Turkey

Enjoy school most: Turkey


BBC NEWS | UK | Education | UK teenage girls 'worst drunks'

Those crazy turks love them some bullying!

[wop]

Highest suicide rate: New Zealand

I don't get it. Shouldn't America be #1?

[Beckwin]

I thought Japan or Korea usually wins that honor.

[Dimmauk]

I thought Japan or Korea usually wins that honor.

I thought the same.

America winning the Divorce contest is not a surprise.

[Faris]

topic aside, whats with the avatar 6souls

[Dimmauk]

topic aside, whats with the avatar 6souls

They are town hall bursters expressing their 2nd amendment rights?

[Jodwahh]

No-one in the UK should be or is shocked by this news. Fucking annoying little drunk bitches.

[wop]

No-one in the UK should be or is shocked by this news. Fucking annoying little drunk bitches.

That's coz Kerry Katona and Jordan is all over the tabloids now.

[Blabj]

No-one in the UK should be or is shocked by this news. Fucking annoying little drunk bitches.

Seriously. Spend a Friday night in any major town in the UK and you'll see the problem for yourself!

[The Stig]

It's true. And the problem is they see it as a good thing, then they get kids, then they get given a free house, job, benefits.... for fucks sake!

EDIT: Strong education performance is BULLSHIT, they only highlight the cunts that get 16 A*s or the ones with 20 fucking A*s and 1 A and then QQ about it. They're all dumbassess thinking that is all that matters. A lot of them still can't even count.

EDIT2: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/ed...s-1777947.html

Today proved to be an expensive day for his parents, who had promised him a PlayStation game for every A* he gained.

Fuck you, PS1 games are cheap as. And you're asian, so they're probably RICH and in the MEDICAL FIELD, OR OWN AN RESTUARANT, OR A CORNER SHOP WITH RIP OFF PRICES. YES I AM STEREOTYPING. EDIT AGAIN: His MOM is a DOCTOR. I re-read the article. Fuck you asshole.

On a normal level, my neighbour said to me she'll be proud if her son gets even ONE C.

[Sta]

Seriously. Spend a Friday night in any major town in the UK and you'll see the problem for yourself!

This. Only last Saturday i went to get a KFC and some underage drunken bitches started the usual "He's well fit [insert random slang talk here] etc etc..."

It's bad enough them behaving like that in bars and clubs... but out on the streets is just lol.

[wop]

This might be related...

1 in 3 teenage girls tell of sexual abuse by their boyfriends | Society | The Guardian

One in three teenage girls has suffered sexual abuse from a boyfriend and one in four has experienced violence in a relationship, according to an in-depth study published today.

The survey, by the NSPCC and Bristol University, found that of the 1,353 teenage girls and boys questioned across the UK, nearly 90% of girls aged 13 to 17 had been in an intimate relationship. A similar number of boys had been in relationships.

A quarter of girls had suffered physical violence, including being slapped, punched or beaten by their boyfriends, according to the study.

As part of the research, 91 young people were questioned at length. Of the girls, one in six said that they had been pressured into having sex and one in 16 claimed to have been raped.

Others who took part in the study said that they had been pressured or forced to kiss or intimately touch their boyfriends.

A small minority of the boys – one in 17 – reported being pressured or forced into sexual activity

Got drunk > molested by boyfriend > profit

[The Stig]

This. Only last Saturday i went to get a KFC and some underage drunken bitches started the usual "He's well fit [insert random slang talk here] etc etc..."

It's bad enough them behaving like that in bars and clubs... but out on the streets is just lol.

THEY'RE COMPLEMENTING YOU AT LEAST

Talk to me when you get racist comments and can't do fuck all about it because if you try anything 20 of them will appear out of no where and kick your ass in. (aka get stabbed)

[AoE]

Fuck you, PS1 games are cheap as. And you're asian, so they're probably RICH and in the MEDICAL FIELD, OR OWN AN RESTUARANT, OR A CORNER SHOP WITH RIP OFF PRICES. YES I AM STEREOTYPING. EDIT AGAIN: His MOM is a DOCTOR. I re-read the article. Fuck you asshole.

On a normal level, my neighbour said to me she'll be proud if her son gets even ONE C.

Oh snap. We get the same Asians.

Sounds like those drunk bitches are like the equivalent of our urban youth. It's starting to make more sense why us black dudes keep tabs on where the white women be.

[Khajit]

Why is the place with the worst bullying the place where the kids enjoy school the most?