Changes in Alcoholic Beverage Choice and Risky Drinking among Adolescents in Europe 1999–2019

Johanna K. Loy, Nicki-Nils Seitz, Elin K. Bye, Paul Dietze, Carolin Kilian, Jakob Manthey, Kirsimarja Raitasalo, Renate Soellner, Björn Trolldal, Jukka Törrönen and Ludwig Kraus
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Johanna K. Loy: IFT Institut für Therapieforschung, 80804 München, Germany
Nicki-Nils Seitz: IFT Institut für Therapieforschung, 80804 München, Germany
Elin K. Bye: Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Drugs, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, 0213 Oslo, Norway
Paul Dietze: National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
Carolin Kilian: Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden, Chemnitzer Straße 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany
Jakob Manthey: Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden, Chemnitzer Straße 46, 01187 Dresden, Germany
Kirsimarja Raitasalo: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Health and Well-Being Promotion Unit, 00271 Helsinki, Finland
Renate Soellner: Department of Psychology, University of Hildesheim, Universitätsplatz 1, 31141 Hildesheim, Germany
Björn Trolldal: The Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and other Drugs (CAN), 116 64 Stockholm, Sweden
Jukka Törrönen: Department of Public Health Sciences, Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Ludwig Kraus: IFT Institut für Therapieforschung, 80804 München, Germany

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 20, 1-25

Abstract: 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 the highest prevalence of heavy drinking and average alcohol volume in both genders. Adolescent beverage preferences are associated with mean alcohol volume and heavy drinking at a country-level. Future approaches to drinking cultures need to take subpopulations such as adolescents into account.

Keywords: beverage proportions; temporal changes; drinking patterns; youth drinking; alcohol use (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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