Domestication of drinking: a survey study of changes in types of drinking occasions during periods of increasing and decreasing alcohol consumption in the 2000s in Finland.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

In Finland, per-capita alcohol consumption increased in the early 2000s and decreased after 2007. Our aim was to determine how these changes originated from changes in drinking practices.

Design

Repeated cross-sectional general-population surveys.

Setting

Finland in 2000, 2008 and 2016.

Participants

Finnish residents aged 15-69 years (n = 6703, response rate 59-78%).

Measurements

Event-level data on drinking occasions (n = 21 097). Types of drinking occasions (drinking practices) were identified with latent class analysis using occasion characteristics. The aggregated volume of consumption and intoxication occasions were decomposed into contributions from drinking practice classes and years.

Findings

Nine drinking occasion type

SUBMITTER: Makela P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9542077 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature