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A European youth alcohol culture?

Convergent and divergent trends in adolescent alcohol consumption 1999–

2007

Thoroddur Bjarnason

University of Akureyri, Iceland

“DRY” “WET”

Frequency Low High

Per occasion High Low

Total consumption Low(er) High(er)

Beverage preference Spirits, (beer) Wine

Cultural stereotype Nordic Mediterranean

Wet vs. dry alcohol cultures?

Convergence over time? (no longer true)

Too simplistic? (never true)

“DRY” “WET”

Frequency Low High

Per occasion High Low

Total consumption Low(er) High(er)

Beverage preference Spirits, (beer) Wine

Cultural stereotype Nordic Mediterranean

- Denmark - Cyprus - Finland - Greece - Iceland - France - Norway - Malta - Sweden - Portugal

Wet vs. dry alcohol cultures?

Frequency of adolescent drinking

30 day frequency of drinking

0,9

1,21,3 1,4

3,84,0 4,1 4,1

4,7

5,7

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

Iceland Norway Sweden Finland Cyprus Greece France Italy Denmark Malta

Nordic average

Southernaverage

GreeceFrance

Denmark

Malta

Italy

CyprusPortugal

NorwaySweden

Iceland

Finland

0,0

1,0

2,0

3,0

4,0

5,0

6,0

7,0

0,0 1,0 2,0 3,0 4,0 5,0 6,0 7,0

Change in frequency 1999–2007

1999: 1,12007: 2,4

Nordic average

Southernaverage

GreeceFrance

Denmark

Malta

Italy

CyprusPortugal

NorwaySweden

Iceland

Finland

0,0

1,0

2,0

3,0

4,0

5,0

6,0

7,0

0,0 1,0 2,0 3,0 4,0 5,0 6,0 7,0

1999: 3,3

2007

: 1,

7

Change in frequency 1999–2007

Quantity of adolescent drinking

pure

2,1

3,1

3,6 3,63,9

4,1

5,2

5,75,9

7,5

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Cyprus Greece France Italy Malta Iceland Sweden Finland Norway Denmark

Quantity on last occasion

Frequency vs. quantity

Greece

MaltaItaly

Denmark

Cyprus

Norway

Sweden

Finland

Iceland

France

0,0

1,0

2,0

3,0

4,0

5,0

6,0

7,0

8,0

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Frequency in past 30 days

Qu

an

tity o

n la

st o

cc

as

ion

(cl. p

ure

alc

oh

ol)

3,8

6,8 6,97,7 8,0

12,2

14,6 14,7

22,1

35,4

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

Iceland Sweden Norway Finland Cyprus Greece France Italy Malta Denmark

Estimated 30 day quantity

Adolescent beverage preference

21

27

32

37 38 39 39

4345

56

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Malta Greece Sweden Italy Norway Finland Denmark France Iceland Cyprus

Proportion beer on last occasion

35 5 5

7

10 10

1618

21

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Iceland Finland Norway Sweden Denmark Cyprus France Italy Greece Malta

Proportion wine on last occasion

24 25

2830

32

35 35

43

46

52

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Finland Norway Iceland Denmark Cyprus Sweden Italy Greece France Malta

Proportion spirits on last occasion

1 2

6

12 12

24 24

28

32 32

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

France Cyprus Malta Greece Italy Iceland Denmark Sweden Finland Norway

Proportion other on last occasion

“DRY” “WET”

Frequency Low High

Per occasion High Low

Total consumption Low(er) High(er)

Beverage preference Spirits, (beer) Wine

Cultural stereotype Nordic Mediterranean

Wet vs. dry alcohol cultures?

Convergence over time?

+ ++ ++ +- ( )+ +

- Divergence

Beer, spiritsBeer, other

University of Akureyri

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