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Alcohol and Alcoholism Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 219-223, 2003
© 2003 Medical Council on Alcohol

LOW EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE IS ASSOCIATED WITH DRUNK DRIVING: A 31-YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF THE NORTHERN FINLAND 1966 BIRTH COHORT

Kaisa Riala*, Irene Isohanni1, Jari Jokelainen, Anja Taanila2, Matti Isohanni and Pirkko Räsänen

Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, Box 5000, FIN-90014 University of Oulu,
1 Oulu Polytechnic, Oulu and
2 Department of Public Health Science and General Practice, University of Oulu, Finland

Received 26 March 2002; first review notified 22 August 2002; accepted 4 September 2002

Aims: We studied the relationship between drunk driving offences, school performance and adult educational achievements. Methods: Data from the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort were linked with official criminality files and National Education registers. The cohort members were studied prospectively covering the period from pregnancy to 31 years of age. Drunk driving (one to two arrests) and recidivist drunk driving (three or more arrests) were treated as outcome variables and their relation to school performance was studied by cross-tabulation and to adult educational achievements (two levels of education) by logistic regression analysis, adjusting for parental social class and psychiatric morbidity. Results: Drunk drivers had a statistically significantly worse school performance compared with controls. Male cohort members who had remained at the basic educational level had an elevated risk for drunk driving [odds ratio (OR) 3.0, 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.3–3.8]. The corresponding adjusted ORs for recidivist drunk driving and female drunk driving were 8.6 (95% CI 5.1–14.4) and 7.0 (95% CI 3.3–14.8), respectively. Conclusions: These results are unlikely to be directly causal; however, educational failures seem to be part of the complex causal pathway to drunk driving and even to alcohol-related disorders.


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