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The Burden of Teenage Alcohol Consumption in Andhra Pradesh State, India—Epidemiology and Social Context

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Abstract

Aim

To determine the prevalence and factors that predict alcohol consumption behavior among teenagers in Andhra Pradesh state, India.

Subjects and Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted on 1030 teenagers aged 13–19 years selected by multi-stage random sampling. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect demographic information including questions about alcohol use, type of alcohol consumed, and age at first exposure to alcoholic beverages, frequency and duration of consumption, amount of alcohol consumed, and reasons for drinking and parental education and their habits. IBM SPSS version 25.0 was used to analyze the data (IBM Corp., Armonk, New York). Chi-square was used to determine the relationships between the variables. The link between alcohol use and associated variables was analyzed using binary logistic regression.

Results

The prevalence of alcohol use was about 30%, and the mean age of initiation of alcohol use was 15.52 + 2.08 years. The results of the Chi-square test revealed an association between alcohol consumption and age, gender, place of residence, socioeconomic status, tobacco use, and parental education (p < 0.05). Interestingly, family history of alcohol consumption, i.e., 176 (31.7%) had no significant association with alcohol use habit (p = 0.220). On regression analysis, the proportion of alcohol consumption was higher with the increase in age (OR = 1.612, CI = 1.394–1.864), male gender (OR = 4.958, CI = 2.902–8.470), urban residents (OR = 0.067, CI = 0.032–0.139), higher socioeconomic status (OR = .058, CI = .024–.140), tobacco users (OR = 0.054, CI = 0.026–0.113), and poor educational status of parents (OR = .240, CI = .122–.471).

Conclusions

The findings could help guide the development of a comprehensive, evidence-based, and consensus-driven national alcohol control policy to lessen the burden of teenage alcohol consumption.

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The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to its confidential information that could compromise the privacy of research participants.

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  1. Department of Public Health Dentistry, Vishnu Dental College, West Godavari, Bhimavaram, 534202, Andhra Pradesh, India

    Praveen Gadde, Swati GN, Geetha Kalla & Ramesh MV

  2. Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Vishnu Dental College, Bhimavaram, India

    Sai Lakshmi Durga Indukuri

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Gadde Praveen: concepts, design, literature search, data analysis, manuscript preparation, manuscript editing, manuscript review. Indukuri Sai Lakshmi Durga: literature search, manuscript preparation, manuscript editing, manuscript review. Swati G Naidu: data acquisition, data analysis, manuscript preparation, manuscript editing, manuscript review. Geetha Kalla: literature search, data acquisition, manuscript review. Ramesh MV: data analysis, manuscript review, and manuscript editing.

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Gadde, P., Indukuri, S.L.D., GN, S. et al. The Burden of Teenage Alcohol Consumption in Andhra Pradesh State, India—Epidemiology and Social Context. Glob Soc Welf 9, 253–259 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40609-022-00246-7

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