What factors matter in the amount of alcohol consumed? An analysis among Brazilian adolescents

Alcohol consumption in the under-18 age group has been growing in recent years, leading to various health risks. Considering the problems this habit brings, the present study contributes to the literature dedicated to categorizing different types of drinkers. The study objective is to verify the fac...

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Published in:PloS one 2023-02, Vol.18 (2), p.e0281065-e0281065
Main Authors: Bianchi, Lorenzo L, da Silva, Cristiane, Lazaretti, Lauana Rossetto, França, Marco Túlio Aniceto
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Alcohol and youth
Alcohol Drinking
Alcohol use
Alcoholic beverages
Alcoholism
Alcohols
Behavior
Beverages
Biology and Life Sciences
Brazil
Care and treatment
Child development
Consumption
Disease prevention
Drinking of alcoholic beverages
Drug abuse
Drug use
Economic conditions
Education
Elementary school students
Elementary schools
Employment
Ethanol
Exercise
Female
Gender
Health aspects
Health risks
Humans
Illicit Drugs
Life
Logit models
Male
Males
Medicine and Health Sciences
Neighborhoods
People and Places
Private schools
Public health
Rural areas
Sex crimes
Social aspects
Social Sciences
Students
Substance use
Substance-Related Disorders
Surveys
Teenagers
Tobacco
Womens health
Youth
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Summary:Alcohol consumption in the under-18 age group has been growing in recent years, leading to various health risks. Considering the problems this habit brings, the present study contributes to the literature dedicated to categorizing different types of drinkers. The study objective is to verify the factors associated with the intensity of alcohol use among elementary school students in the year 2015. The dataset came from the National Adolescent School-based Health Survey (PeNSE). The applied methodology was a logit model of sequential response (continuation ratio). The main results are as follows. It was found that being female is associated with a lesser chance of having consumed alcohol in the reference period, however, with a greater chance of consuming five or more doses. Economic condition and formal paid employment are positively associated with alcohol consumption, which increases with the progression of the student's age. The number of friends who drink alcohol and consumption of products originating from tobacco and illicit drugs, are good predictors of alcohol use by students. The time spent practicing physical activities increased the chance of male students consuming alcohol. The results showed that, in general, the characteristics associated with different alcohol consumption profiles remain similar but differ between genders. Intervention strategies aimed at preventing alcohol consumption by minors are suggested in order to reduce the negative effects of substance use and abuse.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0281065