Consumption of Illegal Alcohol among Adolescents in Stockholm County

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ID11057230
AutoresAnders Ro­melsjö (autor correspondente), Maria Branting
Ano2000
Volume27
Fascículo2
Páginas315-333
Data de publicação2000-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoContemporary Drug Problems (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0091-4509 • E-ISSN: 2163-1808
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/009145090002700207
OpenAlexW274217177
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas1

One primary long-standing goal in Swedish alcohol policy is that youths should not consume alcoholic beverages. Nevertheless about 80% of teenagers age 16 years have consumed alcoholic beverages, according to annual national surveys of representative samples. In the spring of 1998 we conducted an anonymous classroom questionnaire survey of smoking, alcohol and drug habits, availability, and alcohol-related problems in all pupils in the ninth grade (age 16 years) in Stockholm County, with a participation rate of 83% (n=12,860). About 40% in each sex reported that they had drunk home-distilled spirits, and 8%–9% said they had done so at least five times. More than 25% had consumed smuggled spirits. We have analyzed the association between experiences of illegal alcohol and social factors, controlling for availability and drinking habits. Besides a very clear association with volume of drinking, there were certain other significant findings within the social sphere

Alcohol · Alcohol consumption · Environmental health · Monitoring the Future · Ninth · Psychiatry · Sociology · Substance abuse · Demography · Medicine · Psychology · Social and Educational Sciences · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes