[Habits of alcohol consumption in the child population of Galicia].

An investigation carried out, amongst 1,200 school children of both sexes, between the ages of 5 and 14, in rural and urban areas of Galicia, to find out the amount of alcohol drinkers, shows that 71.6 por 100 of them drink alcohol and 31.3 por 100 are habitual drinkers. Percentages of alcohol drinkers are highest amongst: boys (76% boys to 67.2% girls), children above the age of 11 (84.6%), children working class backgrounds (38.1%, 20.7% 16.6% of children from working class, middle class and upper class respectively). There is no difference in the percentage of drinkers in rural and urban areas, but there is as to the amount of alcohol consumed (the percentage is higher in rural areas than in urban ones). Most alcohol is consumed in the home (92.6% of the children). The most popular drink is wine (83.2%). 27.6% of the children have at time been drunk.