Eine Untersuchung der australischen Trinkgewohnheiten zeigt, dass der Alkoholkonsum der Eltern in zwei Schlüsselphasen den größten Einfluss auf ihre Kinder hat – zwischen 15 und 17, wenn die Kinder beginnen, mit Alkohol zu experimentieren, und erneut in ihren späten 20ern und 30ern, wenn sie selbst Eltern werden

Hi r/science – sharing this study that our researcher, Dr Sergey Alexeev has published in Health Economics today: [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hec.70084](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hec.70084)

The study analysed the drinking behaviour of 6650 young Australians and their parents over 23 years, using data collected in the long-running [HILDA Survey](https://melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au/hilda).

Key findings of the study were that:

* Parents’ influence on adolescents’ drinking patterns doesn’t rise steadily as children grow; rather, it’s strongest at the stages of life mentioned in the headline.
* Drinking habits are passed from one generation to the next along same‑sex lines. Daughters‘ habits tend to resemble their mothers, while sons’ drinking resembles their fathers.
* Drinking habits tended to stick once set, with most Australians staying in the same broad drinking range for decades.