Do non-drinking youth drink less alcohol in young adulthood or do they catch up? Findings from a Swedish birth cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol consumption among adolescents has declined considerably during the last two decades. However, it is unknown if these adolescents' alcohol consumption will remain low as they grow older. To our knowledge, this is one of the first studies that uses longitudinal data to examine if non-drinking adolescents have a lower alcohol consumption in young adulthood or if they catch up.

Methods

A self-report survey was distributed to a birth cohort (n = 794) born in 1997 in a Swedish region when cohort members attended ninth grade (age 14-15 years) in 2012. Responders were divided into non-drinkers and alcohol users and assessed again in their late teens (17-18 years) and young adulthood (20-21 years).

Results

In their late teens (17-18 years), non-drinkers at b

SUBMITTER: Larm P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10393482 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature