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Alcohol use in early and late adolescence among the Birth to Twenty cohort in Soweto, South Africa
- Source :
- Global Health Action; Vol 6 (2013): incl Supplements, Global Health Action, Vol 6, Iss 0, Pp 57-66 (2013), Global Health Action
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Co-Action Publishing, 2013.
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Abstract
- Background : Alcohol is a risk factor for the leading causes of mortality and morbidity among young people globally. Youth drinking, initiated in early adolescence and continued into early adulthood, is influenced by maternal socio-demographic factors and maternal education. Limited prospective data exists in South Africa on the prevalence of alcohol use during adolescence and adolescent and maternal socio-demographic correlates. Objective : To examine the prevalence of lifetime alcohol use during early (13 years) and late (18 years) adolescence in Soweto, South Africa, and its association with child and maternal socio-demographic factors. Methods : Data on alcohol use in early adolescence (age 13 years) and late adolescence (age 18 years) were collected using self-completed pen and paper and self-completed computer-based questionnaires, respectively. Univariate analyses were conducted on child (gender and number of school years repeated by grade 7), maternal socio-demographic correlates (education, marital status, and age), and household socioeconomic status (SES). Bivariate logistic regression analyses examined associations between alcohol use and all child and maternal socio-demographic factors. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted on all the variables found to be significantly (p< 0.10) associated with alcohol use to examine the predictive value on alcohol use at early and late adolescence. Results : Lifetime alcohol use increased from 22% at early adolescence to 66% at late adolescence. In multivariate analyses, gender, maternal education, and SES predicted lifetime alcohol use at early adolescence, while gender, maternal education, marital status, and SES were predictive of the same at late adolescence. Conclusion : This study aids researchers and practitioners to identify maternal and child socio-demographic risk profiles for alcohol use to inform policies and programmes. Keywords : adolescent alcohol use; alcohol prevalence; maternal correlates; socio-economic status (Published: 24 January 2013) Citation: Glob Health Action 2013, 6 : 19274 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/gha.v6i0.19274
- Subjects :
- Male
maternal correlates
Multivariate analysis
adolescent alcohol use
Adolescent
Alcohol Drinking
socio-economic status
Building New Knowledge Supplement
Poison control
Mothers
Developmental psychology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Sex Factors
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
Risk Factors
Adolescent alcohol use, alcohol prevalence, maternal correlates, socio-economic status
Surveys and Questionnaires
Injury prevention
Prevalence
Medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Risk factor
Socioeconomic status
Marital Status
business.industry
030503 health policy & services
Health Policy
alcohol prevalence
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
1. No poverty
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Age Factors
lcsh:RA1-1270
medicine.disease
3. Good health
Logistic Models
Socioeconomic Factors
Cohort
Multivariate Analysis
RA421-790.95
Marital status
Educational Status
Female
Public Health
0305 other medical science
business
Demography
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16549716 and 16549880
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Global Health Action
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....73bf02b7b412e351b8e0fe642714ab00