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Do Parents Still Matter Regarding Adolescents’ Alcohol Drinking? Experience from South Africa

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  • Muhammad Hoque

    (Department of Public Health, School of Health Care Sciences, University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), Pretoria 0204, South Africa)

  • Shanaz Ghuman

    (Department of Environmental Health, Mangosuthu University of Technology, P.O. Box 12363, Jacobs 4026, Durban, South Africa)

Abstract

The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to improve our understanding of adolescents’ perceptions of parental practices relating to their (adolescents’) alcohol use. A total of 704 students were conveniently selected and completed self-administered questionnaires. More than half (54%) of the adolescents reported that they had consumed alcohol at some time in their life. Parental marital status was significantly associated with whether adolescents ever consumed alcohol or not ( p p p p

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  • Muhammad Hoque & Shanaz Ghuman, 2012. "Do Parents Still Matter Regarding Adolescents’ Alcohol Drinking? Experience from South Africa," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 9(1), pages 1-13, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:9:y:2012:i:1:p:110-122:d:15520
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