In two decades, average consumption among ninth-graders has fallen from just over four liters to just over one liter of alcohol per year.
Researchers know that reduced alcohol consumption among young people is not due to them choosing drugs instead or rather playing video and computer games.
But they have not yet been able to provide an explanation for why young people to a greater extent opt out of alcohol.
- Historically, alcohol consumption among young people has gone up and down.
But that question does not make me as curious as the question of whether young non-drinkers today will drink less in the future.
This is where we can get health benefits, but at present there are not many studies on it, says Peter Larm, senior lecturer at Stockholm University.
In the clip - SVT's reporter explains: The difference in young people's alcohol consumption from the year 2000-2020.
Direct report · Young people and alcohol - what are your experiences?
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20 min08.14
When I was 15, I had never drunk alcohol, and I think the reason was that I had never come in contact with it.
I think that many people today must actively try, there are probably not that many who "happen" to come across alcohol.
Vera, 18
1 tim07.20
The experience I have shows that you choose other drugs instead, then the researchers can claim what they want ...
Micke
1 tim07.20
Alcohol is haram :)
Alina
1 tim07.19
Got me grogg sometimes Jupp mvh Henry
Henry Dunk
2 tim07.01
I think it's probably because everyone has someone who behaves unpleasantly in their vicinity and that young people have better insight than their parents when it comes to their judgment.
Tor
2 tim07.01
It is difficult to give a simple answer, but it may be noticeable among those who drink that the quality of life decreases and that if you become an alcoholic, life is lousy no matter where in society you are.
It can also have the same reasons why fewer people start smoking.
Bengt Ekholm