Do Australian adolescents with permission to drink at home engage in different alcohol use behaviours and experience more harms than those without such permission?

Quinn, Brendan; Evans-Whipp, Tracy; Prattley, Jennifer; Rioseco, Pilar; Rowland, Bosco

doi:10.1111/dar.13635

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Do Australian adolescents with permission to drink at home engage in different alcohol use behaviours and experience more harms than those without such permission?
Citation	Quinn B, Evans-Whipp T, Prattley J, Rioseco P, Rowland B. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2023; ePub(ePub): ePub.
Copyright	(Copyright © 2023, John Wiley and Sons)
DOI	10.1111/dar.13635
PMID	36989139
Abstract	INTRODUCTION: Around half of Australian students aged 16-17 are estimated to have drunk alcohol in the past month, with 11% drinking at 'risky' levels. This study investigated: (i) how many Australian adolescents aged 16-17 had parental permission to drink at home in 2016/17 and whether prevalence differed by adolescent sex; (ii) whether adolescents allowed to drink at home had drunk more recently and were drinking greater quantities; (iii) if adolescents allowed to drink at home experienced more alcohol-related harms; and (iv) if parental drinking patterns were associated with permitting adolescents to drink at home. METHODS: Data from Wave 7 of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children were used. Descriptive and bivariate analyses addressed Aims i-iii. Nested multivariable logistic regression models addressed aim iv. RESULTS: In 2016/17, 28% of Australian adolescents aged 16-17 were allowed to drink alcohol at home. More adolescents with permission had drunk alcohol in the past month (77% vs. 63% of those without permission). There was no difference in quantity of alcohol consumed in the past week between groups. More adolescents allowed to drink at home had experienced alcohol-related harm compared to those without permission (23% vs. 17%). In multivariable analyses, alcohol consumption by primary parents was associated with an increased likelihood of allowing adolescents to drink at home. DISCUSSIONS AND CONCLUSIONS: In order to reduce adolescent alcohol use and associated harms, parents should avoid permitting alcohol use among adolescents at home. Frequent (twice or more/week) primary parental alcohol consumption was especially associated with greater odds of allowing adolescents to drink at home. Language: en
Keywords	adolescent alcohol use; alcohol policy; alcohol-related harm; parent drinking behaviours