To estimate the level of alcohol consumption and problems among adolescents in city districts in Oslo, Norway with different socio-economic composition; to test whether differences in alcohol consumption are related to district differences in socio-demographic characteristics; and to analyse whether such associations remain significant after controlling for individual-level variables.
Cross-sectional survey using multi-level linear regression analyses with individual responses at the lowest level and city-district data at the highest level.
Oslo, Norway.
A total of 6635 secondary school students, in 62 schools, living in 15 different city districts.
Frequency of alcohol consumption and alcohol intoxication; alcohol problems; and individual characteristics such as immigrant status, religious involvement and parental norms with regard to alcohol. Socio-economic indicators in city districts, such as education, income and unemployment, were combined into a district-level socio-economic index (DLSI).
DLSI scores were related positively to alcohol use (r?=?0.31, P?