Are alcohol-related disparities between sexual minority and heterosexual youth decreasing?
Are alcohol-related disparities between sexual minority and heterosexual youth decreasing?
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10.1111/add.13896
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2017-11
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Saewyc EM
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Fish JN;Watson RJ;Porta CM;Russell ST;Saewyc EM
Although sexual-orientation-related alcohol use disparities are well established, researchers have not identified whether disparities are diminishing as societal attitudes towards lesbian/gay and bisexual (LGB) people become more accepting. We examined changes in four alcohol-related disparities between heterosexual and LGB youth from 1998–2013 by (1) estimating the prevalence of these behaviors; (2) estimating disparities in alcohol-related outcomes between heterosexual and LGB youth within each wave year; and (3) testing whether the degree of difference in alcohol-related disparities between heterosexual and LGB youth has changed. Logistic regression models and year-by-sexual-orientation interactions with repeated, cross-sectional, provincially-representative data. British Columbia, Canada. Students (ages 12–19) from the 1998 (n = 22,858), 2003 (n = 29,323), 2008 (n = 25,254), and 2013 (n = 21,938) British Columbia Adolescent Health Survey (total N = 99,373, 48.7% male, M ®age = 14.84). We modeled age-adjusted differences in lifetime alcohol use, age of onset, past 30-day drinking, and past 30-day heavy episodic drinking between heterosexual and three subgroups of sexual minority youth (i.e., mostly heterosexual, bisexual, and lesbian/gay). Generally, alcohol use declined for all youth, although less so among LGB youth (average aOR = .58 and aOR = .53 for heterosexual males and females and aOR = .71 and aOR = .57 for sexual minority males and females, respectively). Within-year comparisons demonstrated elevated rates of alcohol use among LGB compared with heterosexual youth for each of the four survey years, especially among females. Findings indicate few changes over time; however, results show an increase in risky alcohol use from 1998 to 2013 among mostly heterosexual (aOR = 1.58 for lifetime alcohol use, aOR = 1.58 for 30-day alcohol use, and aOR = 1.34 for 30-day heavy episodic drinking), and bisexual (aOR = 1.95 for lifetime alcohol use) females. Despite the general decline in the prevalence of alcohol use among young people in Canada since 1998, lesbian/gay and bisexual youth in Canada continue to show elevated rates of alcohol use compared with heterosexual youth.
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