Decline in alcohol use among adolescents in Slovakia: a reason for optimism?

Objectives: To analyze selected indicators of alcohol use (lifetime use, initiation of drinking at ≤13 years of age, weekly use, beverage preferences, initiation of drunkenness at ≤13 years of age and lifetime drunkenness) in adolescents in Slovakia from 2006 to 2014.

Study Design: The Health Behaviour in School Aged Children (HBSC) study is a cross-sectional questionnaire study.

Methods: A standardized uniform questionnaire was used in representative samples of 11-, 13- and 15-year-old adolescents.