{"id":25017,"date":"2018-11-08T12:15:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T12:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=25017"},"modified":"2018-11-08T12:15:15","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T12:15:15","slug":"why-are-under-25s-drinking-less-nowadays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/why-are-under-25s-drinking-less-nowadays\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are under 25s drinking less nowadays?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A recent UCL study shows more under 25s are choosing not to drink.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

The study revealed the amount of 16 to 24-year-olds who abstained from drinking went from 18 percent in 2005 to 29 percent in 2015.<\/span> Binge drinking went down from 27 percent in 2005 to 18 percent to 2015. R<\/span>esearchers suggest the change might be due to changing social norms around drinking.<\/p>\n

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The line graph chart shows how the drinking habits of young people have changed over time (data is from\u00a0the UCL study)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dr. Linda Ng Fat, the lead researcher, stated in the study: \u201cIncreases in non-drinking among young people were found across a broad range of groups, including those living in northern or southern regions of England, among the white population, those in full-time education, in employment and across all social classes and healthier groups.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Callum Denning, 21 years old, abstained from\u00a0drinking during his first year at university.\u00a0<\/span>Find out more about his story in our audio piece:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Check out the way\u00a0airports are cracking down on drunk passengers<\/a><\/p>\n

Words and audio by: Earyel Bowleg | Subbing by: Maria Campuzano<\/strong><\/p>\n

Photo credit:\u00a0Photo by\u00a0Erik Mclean<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Unsplash<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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