Age, period and cohort effects on alcohol-related risky behaviours in Australia from 2001 to 2016.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The aim of this study is to examine age, period and birth cohort trends in the prevalence of any alcohol-related risky behaviour and to compare these trends between men and women.

Design and setting

We used an age-period-cohort analysis of repeated cross-sectional survey data from the Australian National Drug Strategy Household Survey from 2001 to 2016.

Participants

Participants were 121 281 people aged 14-80 years who reported consuming alcohol in the past 12 months.

Measurements

Any risky behaviour undertaken while under the influence of alcohol in the past 12 months (e.g. operating a motor vehicle) was measured: male or female.

Findings

Controlling for age and cohort, cubic spline models showed that any alcohol-related risky behaviour declined wi

SUBMITTER: Yuen WS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10952598 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature