@article{ref1,
title="Decreasing prevalence of alcohol consumption among Greek adolescents",
journal="American journal of drug and alcohol abuse encompassing all addictive disorders",
year="2007",
author="Arvanitidou, Malamatenia and Tirodimos, Ilias and Kyriakidis, Ioannis and Tsinaslanidou, Zinovia and Seretopoulos, Demitris",
volume="33",
number="3",
pages="411-417",
abstract="AIM OF THIS STUDY: To obtain data on alcohol consumption among school children of secondary education and to investigate any correlation to their health behaviors and parental socioeconomic status. METHODS: A questionnaire was distributed to students from a representative sample of 15 schools from Thessaloniki, the second (after Athens) largest metropolitan city of Greece. A total of 1185 students (505 males, 680 females) participated. RESULTS: 286 males (56.6%) and 329 females (48.4%) reported consuming alcohol. The initiation of drinking was at the age of 13.2 years for boys and 13 years for girls. Alcohol drinking was positively associated with socio-demographic variables and negative health behaviors such as parental low level of education, lack of physical exercise, coffee consumption, and smoking. CONCLUSIONS: Although our results show a decrease in alcohol use, which is more pronounced in male students, the prevalence of frequent alcohol consumption is among the highest in Europe's countries.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0095-2990",
doi="10.1080/00952990701315384",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00952990701315384"
}