The neighbourhood social environment and alcohol use among urban and rural Scottish adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This research examined the relationship between neighbourhood social environmental characteristics and drinking outcomes among a sample of urban and rural adolescents.

Methods

From a sample of 1558 Scottish secondary schoolchildren, surveyed as part of the 2010 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study, we modelled three drinking outcomes on a variety of neighbourhood conditions, including social cohesion, disorder, alcohol outlet density, deprivation, and urban/rurality. Nested and cross-classified multilevel logistic regressions were specified.

Results

An urban-to-rural gradient was found with non-urban adolescents exhibiting higher odds of having ever drank. Neighbourhood social cohesion related to having ever drank. Among drinkers, those living in

SUBMITTER: Martin G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6353998 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature