Step 2
11) Table I indicates
the majority of the respondent is female with the percentage of 50.7% as
compared to the male respondent which is 49.3%. In the section of age, 14% of
them are from the age of 18 to 20, 68.7% of them are from the age of 21 to 23 and
lastly 17.3% of them are from the age of 24 to 26. It has been found out that
the majority of the respondent is Malay with the percentage of 67.3%. 18.0% of
them are Chinese and 14.7% of them are Indian.
2)
Table II above
indicates that the majority of the respondent started drinking alcohol at the
age of 17 with the percentage of 28%. While 20% of respondents started to drink
at the age of 18. At the age of 19 and 20, its share same percentage which is
16.7%. The least number of respondents who started to drink is at the age of
23. This is worrying statistic, as in Malaysia at the age of seventeen, the
youths are at the level of secondary school which will sit for Malaysia
Education Certificate exam
3)
From the Table III
below, it indicates that most of respondents drink because of they want to try
something new to them. With the higher number of percentage, 39.3% with the
reason of trying. Followed by 14%, respondent tends to drink because of their
family. This is because their family consumed alcohol and makes them to follow
what their family did. Next percentage is 20% where respondents started to
drink because want to have fun. Besides that, some of the respondents started
to drink due to stress. By taking alcohol, they believe it will reduce the stress
condition; however, this assumption is violating the medical facts. Friends
also are the reason of the respondents to start drinking with the number of
percentage, 15%.
4) On
the above Table IV shows that most of respondents drink during special occasion
with the percentage of 40.7%, 25.3% of them drink only on weekends, 21.3% of
them once a week, 11.3% of them drink for three to five times a week and 1.3%
of them drink everyday.
H1:
There is a significant relationship between International Journal of Culture
and History, Vol. 1, No. 1, September 2015 interpersonal problems and
alcoholism among the youth.
H2:
There is a significant relationship between the availability of alcohol and
alcoholism among the youth.
H3:
There is a significant relationship between poor or lack of knowledge of
alcoholism and alcoholism among the youth.
5) Based
on the Table V above, it shows that hypothesis H1 is accepted (r=.
143,p<0.05) . Therefore, there is a significant positive relationship
between interpersonal problems and alcoholism among the youth. It was
hypothesized that higher interpersonal problems resulted in the alcoholism
among youth. It also shows that hypothesis H2 also accepted (r=. 222,p<0.05)
where there is a significant positive relationship between the availability of
alcohol and alcoholism among the youth. It was hypothesized that higher
availability of alcohol resulted in the alcoholism among youth. Lastly, the
table shows there is a relationship between poor knowledge and alcoholism with,
r=. 187,p<0.05. Therefore, there is a significant positive relationship
between poor or lack of knowledge of alcoholism and alcoholism among the youth.
Drunk
driving is the act of driving under the influence of alcohol. A small increase
in the blood alcohol content increases the relative risk of a motor vehicle
crash. Alcohol has a very significant effect on the functions of the body which
are vital to driving and being able to function. Alcohol is a depressant, which
mainly affects the function of the brain. Alcohol first affects the most vital
components of the brain and when the brain cortex is released from its
functions of integrating and control, processes related to judgment and
behavior occur in a disorganized fashion and the proper operation of behavioral
tasks becomes disrupted. In all actuality alcohol weakens a variety of skills
that are necessary to perform everyday tasks. Drunk driving involved all age
from teenagers to adult,in Malaysia the accident involving drunk drive has
significant increase every year.It stated by the Transport Ministry around
2,281 individuals were affected by drink driving accidents in Malaysia from
2011 to 2018, with about half of them dying and about half of them either
suffering serious or minor injuries.Based on the data stated most of the people
start consume alcohol during their teenagers period.So we can conclude that the
main problem lies on the law involving the selling of alcohol.In Malaysia,we
can found alcohol in club,supermarket and convenience store being sold 24
hours.A new law involving the selling of alcohol must be modified for example
reduced the time selling of alcohol product and law involving age restriction for alcohol product. Although
the law by government is important but awareness of the effect of alcohol to
body must be increase among societies.In order to ensure the society follow the
rules and law the knowledge about alcohol must be spread among society.By the
increase of awareness toward alcohol among society the drunk driving cases in
Malaysia.In conclusion,alcohol is a medium that must be restricted and
controlled by the government and people.The consuming of alcohol during
teenagers also must not be normalised in society.So, the government and
Malaysian people must be aware of the danger cause by alcohol and strive to
prevent this problem from spread further in our country.
Reference
2)
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/13522751311326116/full/html?skipTracking=true
4)
http://allcatsrgrey.org.uk/wp/download/public_health/alcohol/CBP-7626.pdf
6)
http://www.ijch.net/vol1/004-D00005.pdf
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