European Health Survey ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION Frequency of consumption of alcoholic beverages in the last 12 months, according to sex and educational level. Population aged 16 years old and over Units: thousands of persons Total Never Once a month or less 2 to 4 times a month 2 to 3 times a week 4 to 6 times a week Every day No data recorded Both sexes Total 38,442.1 12,959.1 8,287.2 6,035.7 3,196.6 1,410.9 4,761.8 1,790.8 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 5,505.6 2,981.3 631.3 173.6 146.7 68.4 745.8 758.5 Complete primary education 8,633.7 3,497.4 1,637.3 837.6 472.4 285.3 1,439.4 464.3 Secondary education, 1st stage 6,972.5 2,328.6 1,660.6 1,241.2 604.1 209.9 759.8 168.3 Secondary education, 2nd stage 8,509.4 2,191.5 2,311.9 1,728.6 848.2 320.9 899.0 209.5 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 2,245.1 549.1 537.9 572.9 195.6 111.3 250.4 28.0 University education 6,540.5 1,398.4 1,505.9 1,479.9 929.6 409.9 664.9 151.8 No data recorded 35.3 12.9 2.4 1.9 0.0 5.2 2.4 10.5 Males Total 18,843.0 4,158.8 3,723.7 3,353.6 2,138.3 1,006.1 3,597.3 865.3 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 2,254.4 838.6 299.4 92.8 109.0 51.5 579.8 283.2 Complete primary education 4,337.2 1,073.2 812.5 569.1 355.0 209.4 1,087.7 230.2 Secondary education, 1st stage 3,606.4 843.0 731.4 744.3 423.4 166.8 583.8 113.8 Secondary education, 2nd stage 4,251.0 713.9 1,037.0 935.0 563.4 222.5 662.6 116.5 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 1,256.1 233.8 253.1 334.2 133.3 80.0 201.0 20.8 University education 3,114.2 448.3 587.8 676.3 554.2 270.7 482.4 94.5 No data recorded 23.8 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Females Total 19,599.1 8,800.4 4,563.6 2,682.1 1,058.3 404.8 1,164.5 925.4 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 3,251.2 2,142.7 331.9 80.8 37.7 16.9 166.0 475.3 Complete primary education 4,296.6 2,424.2 824.8 268.5 117.4 75.9 351.7 234.1 Secondary education, 1st stage 3,366.1 1,485.6 929.2 496.9 180.7 43.1 176.0 54.5 Secondary education, 2nd stage 4,258.5 1,477.6 1,274.8 793.6 284.8 98.4 236.4 93.0 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 988.9 315.2 284.7 238.7 62.4 31.3 49.4 7.2 University education 3,426.3 950.1 918.1 803.6 375.4 139.2 182.6 57.3 No data recorded 11.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Notes: The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which is not collected The symbol '..' shall be deemed as data which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample The symbol '...' shall be deemed as an error of division by zero The data corresponding to cells with fewer than 35 thousand persons must be considered with caution, as they may be affected by a high degree of sampling error. Source: National Statistics Institute