title: Alcoholic beverage preferences and associated drinking patterns by socioeconomic status among high-school drinkers in three metropolises of China.
abstract: To examine the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and adolescent alcoholic beverage preferences and the associated drinking patterns in China. The study used cross-sectional data collected from 136 junior or senior high schools, using a self-administered questionnaire. A total number of 7,075 subjects of drinking students were selected from three metropolises (Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou) via a two-stage stratified sampling method. Among the adolescent drinkers, 87.8% (95% CI: 86.5-89.0) reported that they drunk alcohol during the past years preceding the study, while 42.4% (95% CI: 40.4-44.4) of the subjects stated that they had drunk alcohol during the past 30 days. There were gradual increases in the usual quantity (>1 Standard Drink, SD) of alcoholic beverages with increasing SES, with highest rates reported by the high-level SES. Beer and grape wine were the most widely consumed alcoholic beverage, regardless of SES. Our findings suggest that high-level SES students have an increasing prevalence of drinking behaviour. Their confirmation by future studies which extend the sampling regions is required to further the prevention of adolescent alcohol abuse in China.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Shijun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Songming
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoqi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Siyu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Zhengyuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Beijing Xicheng District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Lixin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China. Email: mags@bjmu.edu.cn.|Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Guansheng
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000434:Alcoholic Beverages / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001515:Beer; D002648:Child; D002681:China; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D000066608:Underage Drinking / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014920:Wine