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Survey: Slovaks Ranked within EU Average in Alcohol Consumption
Wednesday 21 April 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Brussels, April 21 (TASR) - Slovaks rank more or less among the EU average when it comes to their attitudes to alcohol consumption, according to a Eurobarometer survey on EU citizens' attitudes towards alcohol released on Wednesday.
The poll canvassed the opinions of 27,000 people across the European Union in October 2009, and 1,006 people of them were from Slovakia.
The survey revealed that the number of abstainers, that is people who haven't had alcohol in the past 12 months, stands at 22 percent in Slovakia, close to the EU average of 24 percent. The list is topped by the Portuguese (42 percent) and, at the other end of the list, the Danish (7 percent).
As regards the frequency of drinking alcohol, a mere 4 percent of those polled in Slovakia said that they drink on a daily basis, which puts them in seventh place from the bottom of the list, which in this respect is topped by the Portuguese (43 percent).
For their part, Slovaks topped the EU-27 list when it comes to a link between alcohol and its price, as 49 percent of Slovaks said they would drink less alcohol if the price rose by 25 percent.
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