The impacts of youths' alcohol usages on families: a sociological study based on Gampaha police division

Abstract

Alcoholism is an act of self-forgetfulness. Deterioration of the alcoholic individual. It is also violent and causes the appearance of various types of diseases. Based on this, the objectives of this study is to identify the impact on families due to the increase in youth alcohol consumption. The method of selecting sampling units is followed in this study in order to achieve the objective of the study. This study used Purposing Sampling and snowball sampling have been selected and used as the sample for the research. In this study, 60 families out of 200 families with alcohol habit under Gampaha Police Division were selected as the sample and the primary data for the study was obtained. Qualitative and Quantitative methods have been used in this study. Based on that, the data for this study was obtained through primary and secondary data collection methods. In this way, data was collected through in-depth interviews with twenty families for the first stage collection. Questionnaires were distributed to forty respondents and data were collected. Also, Gampaha Divisional Council Report, Gampaha Police Station report books, research articles and website data were used as secondary sources for the study. And the research analysis for this review was analyzed through EXCEL computer software. The main finding of the study is that their school breaks, social exclusion and job placement are the reasons for increasing the consumption of alcohol among the youth, and their health factors are also influential. Therefore, based on such reasons. The purpose of this study is to focus on various initiatives to protect the youth of the future.