A latent class analysis of international change and continuity in adolescent health and wellbeing: A repeat cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since the early 2000s, there have been marked trends in adolescent health and wellbeing indicators across Europe, North America and Australia. In particular, there have been substantial declines in youth drinking. We know little about how these trends are underpinned by co-occurring indicators within individuals. This paper aims to analyse change over time in how indicators cluster within individuals and differences in these patterns between five countries with different trends in youth drinking.

Methods

We analysed four waves of repeat cross-sectional survey data from 15-year-olds in England (n = 5942), Italy (n = 5234), the Netherlands (n = 5408), Hungary (n = 5274), and Finland (n = 7446), which were included in the Health Behaviours in School-aged Children (HB

SUBMITTER: Stevely AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11166295 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature