@article{ref1,
title="Alcohol use and its affordability in adolescents in Slovakia between 2010 and 2018: girls are less adherent to policy measures",
journal="International journal of environmental research and public health",
year="2021",
author="Ochaba, Róbert and Baška, Tibor and Bašková, Martina",
volume="18",
number="10",
pages="-",
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. <br><br>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. <br><br>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). <br><br>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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-7827",
doi="10.3390/ijerph18105047",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105047"
}