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

Róbert Ochaba, Tibor Baška and Martina Bašková
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Róbert Ochaba: Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Care and Social Work, Trnava University, 918 43 Trnava, Slovakia
Tibor Baška: Department of Public Health, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, 036 01 Bratislava, Slovakia
Martina Bašková: Department of Midwifery, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, 036 01 Bratislava, Slovakia

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 10, 1-10

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; alcohol; affordability; socioeconomic groups (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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