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CHICAGO, May 30 (UPI) -- More than one-third of the alcohol consumed by teens 11 to 14 years old came from their parents, friends' parents or guardians, a U.S. study found.
Only a small fraction -- 2.4 percent in the 6th grade and 5.6 percent at the end of the 8th grade -- obtain alcohol from commercial venues, according to the study published in the June issue of Preventive Medicine.
Principal investigator Kelli Komro, lead author Mary O. Hearst and colleagues studied 3,709 students, mainly of Hispanic and African-American backgrounds, who were surveyed in 58 Chicago public schools at the beginning and end of the 6th, 7th and 8th grades.
The study is unique as no other study has followed young, racially diverse, poor urban youth over a 2 1/2-year period, observing patterns of social and commercial alcohol access, according to the researchers.
The study also found that while 17 percent at the start of the 6th grade drank alcohol, more than twice as many -- 41 percent -- were drinking by the end of the 8th grade.
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