Created on : 29.06.2023 Last modified : 29.06.2023

Non-consumption of alcohol: the adolescents’ point of view, Qualitative data

Switzerland, 2022

Reference ID

10.16909-dataset-37

DOI

https://doi.org/10.16909/dataset/37

Producer(s)

Barrense-Dias, Yara, Suris, Joan-Carles

Collections

Department of epidemiology and health systems (DESS)

Metadata

DDI/XML JSON

Identification

Survey ID number

10.16909-dataset-37

Title

Non-consumption of alcohol: the adolescents’ point of view

Subtitle

Qualitative data

Country

Name	Country code
Switzerland	CHE

Abstract

The objectives of this qualitative research were to explore how young people define the term ‘abstinence’; to explore their opinions on the Dry January challenge; to assess the reasons why some young people decide not to drink alcohol; to assess the advantages and disadvantages of non-consumption of alcohol; to understand how young non-drinkers live their choice and how they are perceived/treated by their peers; to identify strategies used by non-drinkers to avoid alcohol use while still socializing with their friends. Between April and June 2022, we conducted 12 FG with young people aged between 14 and 20 years old for a total of 63 (36 females) participants. The average age of participants was 16.9 years [rank: 14-20 years], with a median of 16 years. Participants were separated by gender (female / male, no one from another gender category contacted us), age (14-15 / 16-17 / 18-20) and alcohol consumption (drinkers / non-drinkers). In order to extract the different themes and dimensions raised by the participants, we carried out a thematic content analysis, a method of extracting subjective interpretations and meanings using a process of classification and categorisation of the data.

Kind of Data

Qualitative data collected with focus groups led between April 2022 and June 2022.

Unit of Analysis

63 youth aged between 14 and 20 living in the French-speaking part of Switzerland and fluent in French and participating in 12 focus groups

Version

Version Date

29.06.2023

Scope

Keywords

Alcohol Adolescents Qualitative data

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

French-speaking part of Switzerland, mainly canton of Vaud

Universe

Youth, including non-consumers and consumers of alcohol, aged between 14 and 20 living in the French-speaking part of Switzerland and fluent in French

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
Barrense-Dias, Yara	Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Suris, Joan-Carles	Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
Suris, Joan-Carles	Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Switzerland	PI – research manager
Barrense-Dias, Yara	Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Switzerland	Research manager – lead of the study
Chok, Lorraine	Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Switzerland	Research collaborator – co author

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name
The Swiss National Science Foundation funds

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

The participants were mainly recruited through an advertisement on the website www.adosjob.ch and on the social media Instagram©. The initial advertisement called for young people aged between 14 and 20 years old who drank alcohol or not, and were interested in talking about this topic, Moreover, other professional partners such as ciao.ch shared our ad on their social networks and / or their newsletters. The snowball method was also used in a few cases. When adolescents contacted us, we checked if they were able to express themselves in French and we asked them their gender, age and drinking status by asking them which of the following groups they belonged to: 1) I have never drunk alcohol. 2) I used to drink alcohol but I stopped. 3) I sometimes drink alcohol but I have never been drunk. 4) I sometimes drink alcohol and I have already been drunk. Groups were formed based on 3 criteria: gender, age (14-15, 16-17 and 18-20-year-olds) and drinking status (drinkers (groups 3 and 4, see above) and non-drinkers (groups 1 and 2, see above).

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2022-04-01	2022-06-30

Data processing

Data Editing

verbatim transcription and deletion of identifiers (name of a school, first name of a person, name of a town, etc.)

Data appraisal

Data Appraisal

In order to extract the different themes and dimensions raised by the participants, we carried out a thematic content analysis, a method of extracting subjective interpretations and meanings using a process of classification and categorisation of the data. Some themes were developed before the analyses with the interview grid, and others were developed through the analyses. The transcriptions were first read through several times to get a general idea of the data collected, then coded and classified according to the themes and sub-themes identified by the analysis. The coded transcripts were then compared for agreement. The final codebook was applied to all the transcripts. Each new code or doubt was discussed between the researchers. The analyses were carried out using MAXQDA software (version 20.0.8). A form of triangulation at the level of the analysis was used between the researchers, thus avoiding the risk of bias as much as possible. Quotes were translated from French into English.

Data Access

Citation requirements

Barrense-Dias Y., Chok L., Suris J-C. Non-consumption of alcohol: the adolescents’ point of view: Qualitative data. Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Version 1.0 of the licensed dataset (June 2023), provided by the Unisanté Research Data Repository. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16909/dataset/37

Disclaimer and copyrights

Contacts

Name	Affiliation	Email
Racine, Céline (Repository manager)	Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Switzerland	udd.data@unisante.ch
Barrense-Dias, Yara (Study manager)	Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Switzerland	yara.barrense-dias@unisante.ch

Metadata production

Producers

Name
Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Version 1.0 (29.06.2023)

Version date

2023-06-29

Study description in PDF

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