One in three young people aged 16 to 24 years did not drink alcohol. And the number of those who leaned on alcoholic drinks has steadily declined.
Researchers from University College London came to the pleasant conclusion that modern youth is losing interest in alcohol. Almost a third of the age group 16 to 24 years do not drink alcohol. Moreover, a significant number of young people in England have never in my life have not tried the alcohol and it is not going to do that. The trend of the complete abstinence from alcohol is gaining in popularity, as shown by the observations of sociologists. Within 10 years, they had watched thousands of young people.
Scientists have carefully analyzed the number of abstainers, the level of alcohol consumed by those who still touched alcohol. Were evaluated and the prevalence of drunkenness. The analysis showed that if in 2005 the number of non-drinking among young people 16 to 24 years was 18%, in 2015 it increased to 29%. And it was due to a significant growth in the number of those young people, who never touched alcohol. If in 2005 they were 9%, in 2015 – as much as 17%.
Decreased and the number of young people who drank even less alcohol than recommended by a experts – from 43% to 28%. The number of victims of domestic drinking decreased from 27% to 18%. Today alcohol among young people is becoming less and less fashionable, and consumption of alcoholic beverages ceased to be a way to look adult in a circle of their peers. These data can not but rejoice. (READ MORE)