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. 2021 May 11;18(10):5047.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph18105047.

Alcohol Use and Its Affordability in Adolescents in Slovakia between 2010 and 2018: Girls Are Less Adherent to Policy Measures

Róbert Ochaba  1 , Tibor Baška  2 , Martina Bašková  3
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Alcohol Use and Its Affordability in Adolescents in Slovakia between 2010 and 2018: Girls Are Less Adherent to Policy Measures

Róbert Ochaba et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Background: The article analyzes selected indicators of alcohol use (weekly use, drunkenness within last month) and the ability of adolescents to buy alcohol in Slovakia between 2010 and 2018.

Methods: Health Behavior in School-Aged Children (HBSC) is a cross-sectional questionnaire study. A standardized uniform questionnaire was used to create a representative sample of 15-year-old adolescents. Two surveys carried out in Slovakia in 2010 (n = 1568) and 2018 (n = 1298) were analyzed.

Results: Weekly alcohol use and drunkenness declined only in boys, not in girls. Affordability of alcohol (not being prevented from buying it) declined among weekly drinking boys (from 60.4 to 34.1%) but remained almost unchanged in girls from a higher socioeconomic group compared to those from a lower one (57.9% vs. 30.6% in 2018).

Conclusions: Affordability of alcohol in boys decreased with a decline in alcohol use, corresponding with implemented legislative measures. However, it remained unchanged in girls from a higher socioeconomic group.

Keywords: adolescents; affordability; alcohol; socioeconomic groups.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Changes in prevalence rate of weekly alcohol use, drunkenness, and ability to buy alcohol in 15-year-old boys and girls between 2010 and 2018. ↘—significant decline (p < 0.05). ⇘—significant decline (p < 0.001).
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Figure 2
Prevalence rate of weekly alcohol use, drunkenness, and ability to buy alcohol in 15-year-old adolescents by SE groups—differences between boys and girls. *—significant difference (p < 0.05). **—significant difference (p < 0.001).
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Figure 3
Prevalence rate of weekly alcohol use, drunkenness and availability to buy alcohol in 15 years old boys and girls—differences between lower and higher SE group. *—significant difference (p < 0.05).
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