Alcohol use still remains prevalent here especially among men, with UNICEF’s recently released Guyana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (GMICS) 2019-2020 showing that 64 percent of men surveyed said they had at least one drink in the past month.
However, consuming alcohol at an early age was not found in the study since it stated that 21.5 percent of men and 6.5 per cent of women stated that they did not partake of any alcoholic drinks before attaining the age of 15.
Meanwhile, 32.9 percent of women reported that they never had an alcoholic drink while only 6.5 per cent admitted that they had one alcoholic drink before the age of 15. In addition, 28.3 percent indicated that they had a drink within the one-month timeframe leading up to the interview date.