Has the role of personal income in alcohol drinking among teenagers changed between 1983 and 2013: a series of nationally representative surveys in Finland.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Affordability is known to be a key determinant of alcohol consumption, possibly even more important in adolescence. Relating adolescent drinking pattern developments over a period of time to trends in adolescent income can yield information on the significance of parental control of adolescent income.

Design

Biannual repeated cross-sectional surveys.

Setting

Nationally representative samples.

Participants

14-year-old adolescents in the period 1983-2013 in Finland (N=33 771).

Results

Adolescents' alcohol drinking pattern was significantly associated with their disposable income. The OR for monthly drunkenness versus abstinence was 6.6 (95% CI 5.0 to 8.8) among girls and 9.0 (6.3 to 13.0) among boys in the highest income group compared with the l

SUBMITTER: Lintonen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5775469 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature