IJERPH, Vol. 18, Pages 10933: Changes in Alcoholic Beverage Choice and Risky Drinking among Adolescents in Europe 1999 –2019

IJERPH, Vol. 18, Pages 10933: Changes in Alcoholic Beverage Choice and Risky Drinking among Adolescents in Europe 1999–2019 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph182010933 Authors: Johanna K. Loy Nicki-Nils Seitz Elin K. Bye Paul Dietze Carolin Kilian Jakob Manthey Kirsimarja Raitasalo Renate Soellner Björn Trolldal Jukka Törrönen Ludwig Kraus This paper explores trends in beverage preference in adolescents, identifies related regional differences, and examines cluster differences in key drinking measures. Data were obtained from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD), covering 24 European countries between 1999 and 2019. Trends in the distribution of alcoholic beverages on the participants’ most recent drinking occasion were analysed by sex and country using fractional multinomial logit regression. Clusters of countries based on trends and predicted beverage proportions were compared regarding the prevalence of drinkers, mean alcohol volume and prevalence of heavy drinking. Four distinct clusters each among girls and boys emerged. Among girls, there was not one type of beverage that was preferred across clusters, but the proportion of cider/alcopops strongly increased over time in most clusters. Among boys, the proportion of beer decreased, but was dominant across time in all clusters. Only northern European countries formed a geographically defined region with th...
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