• Addiction · Jan 2016

    The association between alcohol outlet density and alcohol use among urban and regional Australian adolescents.

    • Denise Azar, Victoria White, Kerri Coomber, Agatha Faulkner, Michael Livingston, Tanya Chikritzhs, Robin Room, and Melanie Wakefield.
    • Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, 3004.
    • Addiction. 2016 Jan 1; 111 (1): 65-72.

    AimsWhile recent evidence suggests that higher alcohol outlet density is associated with greater alcohol use among adolescents, influence of the four main outlet types on youth drinking within urban and regional communities is unknown. This study provides the first investigation of this relationship.DesignRepeated cross-sectional surveys with random samples of secondary students clustered by school. Mixed-effects logistic regression analyses examined the association between each outlet type and the drinking outcomes, with interaction terms used to test urban/regional differences.SettingAustralia, 2002-11.ParticipantsRespondents participating in a triennial survey (aged 12-17 years); 44 897 from urban settings, 23 311 from regional settings.MeasurementsThe key outcome measures were past month alcohol use, risky drinking among all students and risky drinking among past week drinkers. For each survey year, students were assigned a postcode-level outlet density (number of licences per 1000 population) for each outlet type (general, on-premise, off-premise, clubs).FindingsInteraction terms revealed a significant association between off-premises outlet density and risky drinking among all adolescents in urban (odds ratio = 1.36, 95% confidence interval CI = 1.05-1.75, P < 0.05) but not regional areas. Similarly, club density was associated with the drinking outcomes in urban communities only. General and on-premises density was associated with alcohol use and risky drinking among all adolescents.ConclusionsHigher densities of general, on- and off-premises outlets in an adolescent's immediate neighbourhood are related to increased likelihood of alcohol consumption among all adolescents. The density of licensed clubs is associated more strongly with drinking for urban than for regional adolescents.© 2015 Society for the Study of Addiction.

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