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dc.contributor.authorSimons-Morton, Bruce G.
dc.contributor.authorFarhat, Tilda
dc.contributor.authorter Bogt, Tom F.M.
dc.contributor.authorHublet, Anne
dc.contributor.authorKuntsche, Emmanuel
dc.contributor.authorNic Gabhainn, Saoirse
dc.contributor.authorGodeau, Emmanuelle
dc.contributor.authorKokkevi, Anna
dc.contributor.authorHBSC Risk Behaviour Focus Group
dc.date.accessioned2009-08-31T15:28:58Z
dc.date.available2009-08-31T15:28:58Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10147/79314
dc.descriptionObjective: To examine trends in the prevalence of monthly alcohol use and lifetime drunkenness among 15 year olds in 20 European countries, the Russian Federation, Israel, the United States of America, and Canada. Methods: Alcohol use prevalence and drunkenness were assessed in the Health Behavior in School-aged Children Survey conducted in each country in 1998, 2002, and 2006. Trends were determined using the Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test for trends. Results: Average monthly alcohol use across all countries declined from 45.3 % to 43.6 % and drunkenness declined from 37.2 % to 34.8. There was substantial variability across countries, with decreases in some countries and increases or no change in use or drunkenness in others. The overall decline was greater among boys, from 41.2 % to 36.7 % than among girls, 33.3 % to 31.9 %. In most of the countries where drinking or drunkenness increased, it was due mainly to increases among girls. Conclusions: Trends in alcohol use and drunkenness varied by country. Drinking and drunkenness remained higher among boys than girls, but the gap between boys and girls declined and girls appear to be catching up with boys in some countries.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBirkhäuser Verlag, Baselen
dc.subjectALCOHOLen
dc.subjectDRUNKENNESSen
dc.subjectADOLESCENTSen
dc.subjectTRENDSen
dc.subjectCROSSNATIONALen
dc.subjectGENDERen
dc.titleGender specific trends in alcohol use: cross-cultural comparisons from 1998 to 2006 in 24 countries and regionsen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentPrevention Research Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development,en
dc.identifier.journalInternational Journal of Public Healthen


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